The History of Sexuality - The Will to Knowledge

Informationen zum Autor Michel Foucalt (1926-1984) was one of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in postwar France. Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism. Klappentext 'A brilliant display of fireworks, attacking the widespread and banal notion that "in the beginning" sexual activity was guilt-free and delicious, being repressed and blighted only by the gloom of Victorianism' Spectator We talk about sex more and more, but are we more liberated? The first part of Michel Foucault's landmark account of our evolving attitudes in the west shows how the nineteenth century, far from suppressing sexuality, led to an explosion of discussion about sex as a separate sphere of life for study and examination. As a result, he argues, we are making a science of sex which is devoted to the analysis of desire rather than the increase of pleasure. 'A wealth of insights, original conceptualizations and provocative ideas' The Times Literary Supplement Zusammenfassung 'A brilliant display of fireworks, attacking the widespread and banal notion that "in the beginning" sexual activity was guilt-free and delicious, being repressed and blighted only by the gloom of Victorianism' Spectator We talk about sex more and more, but are we more liberated? The first part of Michel Foucault's landmark account of our evolving attitudes in the west shows how the nineteenth century, far from suppressing sexuality, led to an explosion of discussion about sex as a separate sphere of life for study and examination. As a result, he argues, we are making a science of sex which is devoted to the analysis of desire rather than the increase of pleasure. 'A wealth of insights, original conceptualizations and provocative ideas' The Times Literary Supplement ...

Product details

• Authors: Michel Foucault
• Assisted by: Robert Hurley (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780241385982
• ISBN: 978-0-241-38598-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History of Ideas, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Post-Structuralism, Social and cultural history, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Sexual Behaviour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality, Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Structuralism and Post-structuralism