| Description |
x, 428 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-418) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The problem -- Arousal -- Persons -- Desire -- The individual object -- Sexual phenomena -- The science of sex -- Love -- Sex and gender -- Perversion -- Sexual morality -- The politics of sex -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: The first person -- Appendix 2: Intentionality. |
| Summary |
"When John desires Mary or Mary desires John, what does either of them want? What is meant by innocence, passion, love and arousal, desire, perversion and shame? These are just a few of the questions Roger Scruton addresses in this thought-provoking intellectual adventure. Beginning from purely philosophical premises, and ranging over human life, art and institutions, he surveys the entire field of sexuality; equally dissatisfied with puritanism and permissiveness, he argues for a radical break with recent theories. Upholding traditional morality - though in terms that may shock many of its practitioners - his argument gravitates to that which is candid, serene and consoling in the experience of sexual love."--Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Sex.
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Sexual ethics.
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Sensuality.
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Sex (Psychology)
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Sensuality. (OCoLC)fst01112628
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Sex. (OCoLC)fst01114160
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Sex (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01114228
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Sexual ethics. (OCoLC)fst01114835
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Seksualiteit. (NL-LeOCL)078662117
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Wensen. (NL-LeOCL)078941326
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Filosofie. (NL-LeOCL)078963370
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| Other Editions: |
Reprint of (manifestation): Scruton, Roger. Sexual desire. London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. x, 428 pages ; 24 cm 029778479X (OCoLC)15085161 |
| ISBN |
0826480381 (paperback) |
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9780826480385 (paperback) |
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