In the ante-mortem series of lectures\, our contemporary Michel Foucault excavates a vital cultural matter. The philosopher canvasses diverse critical exercises as possible stepping stones to an occasion of &ldquo\;truth-telling&rdquo\;. The classics called this aptitude and right &ndash\; \;parrhesia\, an apposite problem for any age. Touching on personal and public\, political and cosmic spheres\, Foucault's heuristic account considers \;fearless speech \;with respect to human affairs\, the building blocks of man-made cultures.
\nTo reiterate Foucault\, where and how can one learn to become the person &ldquo\;who speaks and who\, regardless of everything\, takes the risk of telling the whole truth&rdquo\;\, and is willing to accept it?
\nPhilosophers are remembered for the problems posed\, questions asked out loud\, and inferences made. The best of them are also remembered for taking a hand in their day and age and future. As an independent discipline\, journalism is significantly younger than philosophy\, and yet eminent journalists work in a similar vein\, researching and exposing veridical facts\, patterns of error\, and injustice. These and other perennial matters are fleshed out in material events and \;abstractions\, in reports\, lectures\, interviews\, and articles\, while both camps take pride in nourishing skilful analysts and story-tellers\, assuring to convey no fiction!
\nCould we assume\, then\, that common roots\, concerns\, and\, possibly\, techniques connect philosophical and journalistic investigations as kindred modes of \;parrhesiastic \;work?
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\nForthcoming in \;Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy
\nContents:
\nStaging the Truth: Free Speech\, Fearless Speech and the Problem of Parrhesia by John M. CarvalhoWhen the Witnesses in War Stop Waiting for a Necrotic Peace: \;A Contemplation on Nelson Maldonado&rsquo\;s \;Against War by \;Gwendalynn Roebke
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