| Edition |
First Vintage Books edition. |
| Description |
volume <2-3 > ; 19 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes. |
| Contents |
v. 1. The history of sexuality : an introduction -- v. 2. The use of pleasure -- v. 3. The care of the self |
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Vol. 1. The history of sexuality : an introduction: Part 1 We "other victorians". Part 2 The repressive hypothesis: the incitement to discourse; the peverse implantation. Part Scientia sexualis. Part 4 The deployment of sexuality: objective; method; domain; periodization. Part 5 Right of death and power over life. |
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Vol. 2. The use of pleasure: Part 1. Introduction: modifications; forms of problematization; morality and practice of the self --- Part 2. The moral problematization of pleasures: "Aphrodisia"; "Chresis"; "Enkrateia"; freedom and truth --- Part 3. Dietetics: regimen in general; the diet of pleasures; risks and dangers; act, expenditure, death --- Part 4. Economics: the wisdom of marriage; Ischomachus' household; three policies of moderation --- Part 5. Erotics: a problematic relation; a boy's honour; the object of pleasure --- Part 6. True love. |
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Vol. The care of the self: Part 1. Dreaming of One's Pleasures -- 1.The Method of Artemidorus -- 2. The Analysis -- 3. Dream and Act --- Part 2. The Cultivation of the Self --- Part 3. Self and Others -- 1. The Marital Role -- 2. The Political Game --- Part 4. The Body -- 1. Galen -- 2. Are They Good? Are They Bad? -- 3. The Regimen of Pleasures -- 4. The Work of the Soul --- Part 5. The Wife -- 1. The Marriage Tie -- 2. The Question of Monopoly -- 3. The Pleasures of Marriage --- Part 6. Boys -- 1. Plutarch -- 2. Pseudo-Lucian -- 2. A New Erotics. |
| Summary |
Michel Foucault's 'The History of Sexuality' pioneered queer theory. In it he builds an argument grounded in a historical analysis of the word "sexuality" against the common thesis that sexuality always has been repressed in Western society. Quite the contrary: since the 17th century, there has been a fixation with sexuality creating a discourse around sexuality. It is this discourse that has created sexual minorities. In 'The History of Sexuality', Foucault attempts to disprove the thesis that Western society has seen a repression of sexuality since the 17th century and that sexuality has been unmentionable, something impossible to speak about. In the 70s, when the book was written, the sexual revolution was a fact. The ideas of the psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, saying that to conserve your mental health you needed to liberate your sexual energy, were popular. The past was seen as a dark age where sexuality had been something forbidden. |
| Language |
Translation of Histoire de la sexualité. |
| Subject |
Sex customs -- History.
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Sexual ethics -- History.
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| Added Author |
Hurley, Robert.
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| Added Title |
Histoire de la sexualité. English
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History of sexuality: an introduction.
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Use of pleasure
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Care of the self.
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| ISBN |
0679724699 v. 1 |
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9780679724698 v. 1 |
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0394751221 v. 2 |
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9780394751221 v. 2 |
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0394741552 v. 3 |
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9780394741550 v. 3 |
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