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The History Of Sexuality V.2: The Use Of PleasureStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionOffers an account of the emergence of Christianity from the Ancient World. Foucault describes the stranger byways of Greek medicine (with its advice on the healthiest season for sex and exercise and diet), the permitted ways of courting young boys, and the economists' ideas about the role of women. Author descriptionOne of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in post-war France, Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism. Table of contentsPart 1 Introduction: modifications; forms of problematization; morality and practice of the self. Part 2 The moral problematization of pleasures: "Aphrodisia"; "Chresis"; "Enkrateia"; freedom and truth. Part 3 Dietetics: regimen in general; the diet of pleasures; risks and dangers; act, expenditure, death. Part 4 Economics: the wisdom of marriage; Ischomachus' household; three policies of moderation. Part 5 Erotics: a problematic relation; a boy's honour; the object of pleasure. Part 6 True love. |