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The History of Sexuality, Vol. 2

The Use of Pleasure

The Use of Pleasure

By Michel Foucault

By Michel Foucault

By Michel Foucault

By Michel Foucault

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    About The History of Sexuality, Vol. 2

    In this sequel to The History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction, the brilliantly original French thinker who died in 1984 gives an analysis of how the ancient Greeks perceived sexuality.

    Throughout The Use of Pleasure Foucault analyzes an irresistible array of ancient Greek texts on eroticism as he tries to answer basic questions: How in the West did sexual experience become a moral issue? And why were other appetites of the body, such as hunger, and collective concerns, such as civic duty, not subjected to the numberless rules and regulations and judgments that have defined, if not confined, sexual behavior?

    About The History of Sexuality, Vol. 2

    In this sequel to The History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction, the brilliantly original French thinker who died in 1984 gives an analysis of how the ancient Greeks perceived sexuality.

    Throughout The Use of Pleasure Foucault analyzes an irresistible array of ancient Greek texts on eroticism as he tries to answer basic questions: How in the West did sexual experience become a moral issue? And why were other appetites of the body, such as hunger, and collective concerns, such as civic duty, not subjected to the numberless rules and regulations and judgments that have defined, if not confined, sexual behavior?

    Also by Michel Foucault

    Confessions of the Flesh
    Discipline and Punish
    The Birth of the Clinic
    The Order of Things
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    See all books by Michel Foucault

    Also by Michel Foucault

    Confessions of the Flesh
    Discipline and Punish
    The Birth of the Clinic
    The Order of Things
    The History of Sexuality
    See all books by Michel Foucault

    About Michel Foucault

    MICHEL FOUCAULT, one of the leading philosophical thinkers of the 20th century, was born in Poitiers, France, in 1926. He lectured in universities throughout the world; served as director at the Institut Français in Hamburg, Germany and at the Institut de Philosophie… More about Michel Foucault

    About Michel Foucault

    MICHEL FOUCAULT, one of the leading philosophical thinkers of the 20th century, was born in Poitiers, France, in 1926. He lectured in universities throughout the world; served as director at the Institut Français in Hamburg, Germany and at the Institut de Philosophie… More about Michel Foucault

    Product Details

    Category: Philosophy | Psychology

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 14, 1990 | 304 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780394751221

    Category: Philosophy | Psychology

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 18, 2012 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780307819277

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