The Use of Pleasure by Michel Foucault audiobook

The Use of Pleasure: Volume 2 of The History of Sexuality

By Michel Foucault
Read by Elliot Fitzpatrick

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  • ISBN: 9798874651374

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Runtime: 9.86 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/Philosophy
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

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 Use 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?

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Author Bio: Michel Foucault

Author Bio: Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault (1926–1984) was a French historian and philosopher associated with the structuralist and poststructuralist movements. He is often considered the most influential social theorist of the second half of the twentieth century, not only in philosophy but in a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Among his most notable books are Madness and Civilization, Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality.

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/Philosophy
Runtime: 9.86
Audience: Adult
Language: English