New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2013. How can individuals make ethical judgments about power and politics ? This book analyzes the practices that bind authority, trust, and truthfulness in contemporary theory and politics. Luxon locates two models for such practices in Sigmund Freud's writings on psychoanalytic technique and Michel Foucault's unpublished lectures on the ancient ethical practices of 'fearless speech', or parrhesia.