The History Of Sexuality: 1 (the Will To Knowledge)
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''A brilliant display of fireworks, attacking the widespread and banal notion that "in the beginning" sexual activity was guilt-free and delicious, being repressed and blighted only by the gloom of Victorianism'' Spectator
We talk about sex more and more, but are we more liberated? The first part of Michel Foucault''s landmark account of our evolving attitudes in the west shows how the nineteenth century, far from suppressing sexuality, led to an explosion of discussion about sex as a separate sphere of life for study and examination. As a result, he argues, we are making a science of sex which is devoted to the analysis of desire rather than the increase of pleasure.
''A wealth of insights, original conceptualizations and provocative ideas'' The Times Literary Supplement
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A wealth of insights, original conceptualizations and provocative ideas
Review quote
A brilliant display of fireworks, attacking the widespread and banal notion that ''in the beginning'' sexual activity was guilt-free and delicious, being repressed and blighted only by the gloom of Victorianism
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Foucault is at his polemical best. He brilliantly succeeds in turning commonplaces on their heads
Biographical note
Michel Foucalt (1926-1984) was one of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in postwar France. Foucault''s work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.
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The first volume of Foucault''s pioneering analysis of sexuality and power relations, now reissued in Penguin Modern Classics.
Author | By (author) Foucault, Michel |
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EAN | 9780241385982 |
Contributors | Foucault, Michel |
Publisher | Penguin Classics |
Languages | English |
Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
Width | 129 mm |
Height | 198 mm |
Thickness | 9 mm |
Product Forms | Paperback / Softback |
Availability in Stores | Sin El-Fil, Hamra, Global |
Weight | 0.134000 |
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