| Description |
xviii, 250 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index. |
| Contents |
INTRODUCTION: A PRIMER OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY -- The Scope of this Book -- Method and Terms -- The Common Good -- The Family and the Common Good of Civil Society -- The State and the Common Good -- PART I : THE FOUNDATION -- CHAPTER 1 : ISRAEL, YAHWEH, AND COVENANTAL CHASTITY -- The Basic Provisions of the Covenant -- The Manifold Functions of the Decalogue -- CHAPTER 2 : THE LAW -- Pagan Worship, Sexual License, and Child Sacrifice -- The More Detailed Commandments -- The Jewish Family -- -- PART II : THE STRUCTURE -- CHAPTER 3 : ISRAEL: CHASTITY IN DEFENSE OF THE NATION -- Hellenization and Homosexuality -- Collaborators and Resistance -- Martyrdom and Dogma -- The Temple Desecrated -- CHAPTER 4 : THE ROMAN EMPIRE: CHASTITY IN DEFENSE OF THE BODY POLITIC -- The Pagan Ethos -- The Pagan Reform -- The Christian Ethos -- The Christian Reform -- CHAPTER 5 : THE MIDDLE AGES: CHASTITY IN DEFENSE OF THE BODY -- Rebirth of a Second God -- The Cathar Mystery -- Heresy, Orthodoxy, and Poetry -- REFLECTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Philosophical Foundations -- On the Old Testament, and on the Jewish Family -- On the Society of Classical and Christian Antiquity -- On Dualism and the Cathars -- INDEX OF NAMES. |
| Summary |
This text gives an account of the long struggle to civilize sex, and the role of sex as a civilizing force in Western culture. It explores the Judeo-Christian tradition from its origins, as well as the struggle of pagan Rome to restore stable families. |
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Chastity.
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Sex -- Social aspects.
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- History.
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History.
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Chastity. (OCoLC)fst00852564
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
(OCoLC)fst01114193
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
(OCoLC)fst01114204
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Sex -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01114214
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Seksuele ethiek.
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Jodendom.
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Heidendom.
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Christendom.
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Sexualnorm.
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Sexualethik.
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Ehe.
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Familie.
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Christentum.
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Judentum.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Riley, Patrick, Dr. Civilizing sex. Edinburgh : T & T Clark, 2000 (OCoLC)605986454 |
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Online version: Riley, Patrick, Dr. Civilizing sex. Edinburgh : T & T Clark, 2000 (OCoLC)606460651 |
| ISBN |
0567087085 |
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9780567087089 |
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0567087662 (pbk.) |
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9780567087669 (pbk.) |
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