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The history of sexuality. Volume 2, Use of pleasure / Michel Foucault ; translated from the French by Robert Hurley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Penguin modern classicsPublication details: London : Penguin Classics, 2020.Description: vii, 293 pISBN:
  • 9780241385999 pbk.) :
  • 0241385997 pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Use of pleasure
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ12 .F68 2020 V. 2
Contents:
Introduction -- The moral problematization of pleasures -- Dietetics -- Economics -- Erotics -- True love.
Summary: The second volume of Michel Foucault's pioneering analysis of the changing nature of desire explores how sexuality was perceived in classical Greek culture. From the stranger byways of Greek medicine (with its advice on the healthiest season for sex, as well as exercise and diet) to the role of women, The Use of Pleasure is full of extraordinary insights into the differences - and the continuities - between the Ancient, Christian and Modern worlds, showing how sex became a moral issue in the west.
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Translated from the French.

This translation originally published: U.S.: Pantheon, 1985.

Reprint. Originally published: 1986.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The moral problematization of pleasures -- Dietetics -- Economics -- Erotics -- True love.

The second volume of Michel Foucault's pioneering analysis of the changing nature of desire explores how sexuality was perceived in classical Greek culture. From the stranger byways of Greek medicine (with its advice on the healthiest season for sex, as well as exercise and diet) to the role of women, The Use of Pleasure is full of extraordinary insights into the differences - and the continuities - between the Ancient, Christian and Modern worlds, showing how sex became a moral issue in the west.

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