Title
Histoire de la verité
Subject
Proof theory
Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)
Torture
Description
Sound recording of the tenth lecture from Michel Foucault's course, "Histoire de la verité" or "The History of Truth." Lecture covers medieval penal systems including confession, followed by discussion. Lecture eleven (01:40:00) covers the relation between proof and inquiry and torture. Brief discussion follows, ending the course. Also includes a recording of the beginning of the first lecture of Foucault's 1970 course on "The desire for knowledge or the phantasms of knowledge [désir de savoir ou les fantasmes du savoir] in French literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries" (02:44:00).
Creator
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984
Source
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries
Date
1970, 1972
Rights
Format
audio/mpeg
Language
fre
Type
Sound
Identifier
WBFOUK1011_03
Date Created
1970, 1972
Is Part Of
WBFO Archives
Extent
2:56:54
Medium
Open reel audiotape
Temporal Coverage
Middle Ages
Collection
Citation
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984, “Histoire de la verité,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed November 21, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/100530.