Self as Process
Rust Cohle and thoughts on the self
I recently re-watched season one of True Detective, interested to take another look at the philosophy of Rust Cohle.
Technologies of the Self: A Short Introduction
One of Michel Foucault’s late interests provides a rich framework for understanding self-transformation and meaning-making.
Speaking at a public lecture two years before his death, Michel Foucault introduced a new area of research which he called “technologies of the self”. Noting that he has “perhaps” focused “too much on the technology of domination and power”, Foucault says that he would now rather look at “how an individual acts upon himself.”