The history of sexuality. Volume 3, The care of the self /
Care of the self
Michel Foucault, translated from the French by Robert Hurley.
- London : Penguin Classics, 2020.
- vi, 279 p.
- Penguin modern classics .
- Penguin modern classics. .
Translated from the French. Reprint. Originally published: 1978.
Dreaming of one's pleasures -- The cultivation of the self -- Self and others -- The body -- The wife -- Boys.
Foucault explored the whole body of literature from the Golden Age of Rome to reveal amongst philosophers and physicians of that era a mistrust of pleasure and a growing anxiety over sexual activities and their consequences.