The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self
by Michel Foucault
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages288 pages
ISBN
9780394741550
Published
1984
Description
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 whol...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.