TY - BOOK AU - Foucault,Michel AU - Hurley,Robert TI - The history of sexuality T2 - Penguin modern classics SN - 9780241385999 pbk.) : AV - HQ12 .F68 2020 V. 2 PY - 2020/// CY - London : PB - Penguin Classics, KW - Sex customs KW - History KW - Pleasure N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -