Sex - A Philosophical Primer

Informationen zum Autor Irving Singer is professor of philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Feeling and Imagination and Explorations in Love and Sex. Klappentext A philosophical primer designed for the general reader as well as professionals in various fields, this book studies sex in itself and in its relation to love and compassion. It distinguishes between 'sensuous' and 'passionate' elements of sexuality and shows how sex in human beings is both appetitive and interpersonal. It then explores the ways in which our sexuality is always subject to aesthetic and moral valuation in relation to the appetitive and interpersonal coordinates. Zusammenfassung Aimed at people with or without a philosophical background! this book explores elemental principles in the study of sex! love and compassion. Sex and sexuality are discussed both as an appetite and as an interpersonal drive! as well as from the moral and aesthetical views of human nature.

Product details

• Authors: Irving Singer, Singer Irving
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.09.2001
• EAN: 9780742512368
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1236-8
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Sexualität, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy of Mind, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Sexual Behaviour