Drawing from Foucault's courage to truth, discussion of 'parrhesia' or truth speaking and the role of the pubic intellectual.

1. THINKING PUBLICLY
The game of truth telling: ‘parrhesia’ and the public intellectual
Dr. Julia Nevárez
Sociology
Kean University

2. PARRHESIA
 The game of speaking the truth
 What is to know? who knows? who can speak?
 Truth, power and subject

5. TRUTH AND THE OTHER

8. THE PHILOSOPHER, THE
SAGE, THE TECHNICIAN

10. FORMS OF VERIDICTION

12. WHAT IS THE TRUTH T O BE S P OKEN?:
T H E G A M E O F PA R R H E S I A T O DA Y
 Care of the self – mediated subjects, bold
skepticism, criticalist, creative, flexible, adaptable, efficiency, opportunism, instant
action, fast, interactive, collaborative
 Forms of veridiction – communication technologies/expression/blogs
 Governmentality – responsible individual, , internalized
surveillance, entrepreneurial,
praxis, reflective action, presence, actor/acting agent, critical perspective, bold skepticism, sharpness, truth
telling as informed commentary, the popular intellectual