History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self
Published
1988
Pages
288
Language
EN
ISBN
9780394741550
Reading Time
~5h 3min
History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self is a book by Michel Foucault. In 1988. It has 288 pages.
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Michel Foucault takes us into the first two centuries of our own era, into the Golden Age of Rome, to reveal a subtle but decisive break from the classical Greek vision of sexual pleasure. He skillfully explores the whole corpus of moral reflection among philosophers (Plutarch, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca) and physicians of the era, and uncovers an increasing mistrust of pleasure and growing anxiety over sexual activity and its consequences.
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History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self has 288 pages.
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History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self was published in 1988.
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Michel Foucault takes us into the first two centuries of our own era, into the Golden Age of Rome, to reveal a subtle but decisive break from the classical Greek vision of sexual pleasure. He skillfully explores the whole corpus of moral reflection among philosophers (Plutarch, Epictetus, Marcus Aur...
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History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self was written by Michel Foucault.