Unread copy in mint condition. Seller Inventory # RH0394751221
Synopsis: In this sequel to The History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction, the brilliantly original French thinker who died in 1984 gives an analysis of how the ancient Greeks perceived sexuality.
Throughout The Uses of Pleasure Foucault analyzes an irresistible array of ancient Greek texts on eroticism as he tries to answer basic questions: How in the West did sexual experience become a moral issue? And why were other appetites of the body, such as hunger, and collective concerns, such as civic duty, not subjected to the numberless rules and regulations and judgments that have defined, if not confined, sexual behavior?
From the Publisher: "Breathtaking throughout."--John Boswell, The Boston Globe
Title: The History of Sexuality Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New