Tell, Dave. “Rhetoric and Power: An Inquiry into Foucault’s Critique of Confession.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 43.2 (Spring 2010): 95-117. Lead Article. https://doi.org/10.5325/philrhet.43.2.0095 Abstract In the 1980s Foucault relentlessly distinguished between two discursive practices: the Christian confession and the ancient technologies of the self. This distinction provides a valuable opportunity to study the role of rhetoric …
