傅柯所論「治理性」（governmentality）包含「權力技術」（technologies of power）與「自我技術」（technologies of the self）兩個方面，本課程將聚焦於後者。與權力技術作用於主體時的支配模式不同——這種支配造成了奴役狀態，自我技術（就其最積極的意義上說）則是主體以某種方式來改變並塑造自身的行動。這種行動既是倫理的，也是美學的，它使主體成為他所意願成為的樣子，因此也是一種自由的實踐。
本課程將分為四個單元，對晚期傅柯的文獻進行導讀：自我技術、快感倫理學、友誼與同性愛、啟蒙與自由。首先，藉由相關文本，概述傅柯的自我技術並揭示其背後的理論關懷。接著進入傅柯所分析的具體案例：希臘人對於快感（aphrodisia）的倫理反思；同性愛向友誼（philia）的轉化。此處的重點不在重述傅柯對於歷史的分析，而是這種分析之於當代的批判性和啟發性。最後，接續先前的討論，以傅柯對啟蒙與自由的思考作為總結。
課程中，我們鼓勵同學對當代文化保持敏銳的覺察，並對自己的生活賦予不同的想像，在回應傅柯的理論同時，把所學變成某種可能的自我實踐。Foucault's "governmentality" includes two aspects: "technologies of power" and "technologies of the self". This course will focus on the latter. Unlike the mode of domination in which technologies of power act on subjects, producing a state of servitude, technologies of the self (in its most positive sense) are actions by which subjects change and shape themselves in certain ways. This action is both ethical and aesthetic. It enables the subject to become what he wishes to be, and is therefore a practice of freedom.
This course will be divided into four units, providing an introduction to Foucault's late literature: technology of the self, ethics of pleasure, friendship and same-sex love, and enlightenment and freedom. First, through relevant texts, I outline Foucault’s self-technique and reveal the theoretical concerns behind it. Then enter the specific cases analyzed by Foucault: the Greeks' ethical reflection on pleasure (aphrodisia); the transformation of same-sex love into friendship (philia). The focus here is not to restate Foucault’s analysis of history, but rather the criticality and illumination of this analysis for contemporary times. Finally, following the previous discussion, we conclude with Foucault’s thoughts on enlightenment and freedom.
In the course, we encourage students to maintain a keen awareness of contemporary culture and give different imaginations to their own lives. While responding to Foucault's theory, they can turn what they have learned into some possible self-practice.
福柯著，佘碧平譯：《性經驗史》，上海：上海人民出版社，2016年。
福柯著，汪民安編：《自我技術：傅柯文選Ⅲ》，北京：北京大學出版社，2015年。
福柯著，杜小真編選：《福柯集》，上海：遠東出版社，2003年。
福柯著，包亞明主編，嚴鋒譯：《權力的眼睛—福柯訪談錄》，上海：上海人民出版社，1997年。
備註：指定閱讀的文本將於課堂公布。
Written by Foucault, translated by She Biping: "History of Sexual Experience", Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2016.
Written by Foucault, edited by Wang Minan: "Techniques of the Self: Selected Works of Foucault III", Beijing: Peking University Press, 2015.
Written by Foucault, edited and selected by Du Xiaozhen: "The Collected Works of Foucault", Shanghai: Far East Publishing House, 2003.
Written by Foucault, edited by Bao Yaming, translated by Yan Feng: "The Eyes of Power—Interviews with Foucault", Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House, 1997.
Note: The assigned reading text will be announced in class.
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