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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.     Subjects     Sex.     Sex customs -- History.     Sexual ethics -- History.     Philosophy, French -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.       by title:      History of sexuality...      Histoire de la sexua...       by call number:      306.7 F762h v.1     Search the Web     Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.     Sex.     Sex customs -- History.     Sexual ethics -- History.     Philosophy, French -- 20th century.       MARC Display

History of sexuality v. 1 : an introduction / Michel Focault ; translated from the French by Robert Hurley. by Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Vintage Books, 1990. Call #: 306.7 F762h v.1 Subjects Sex.   Sex customs -- History.   Sexual ethics -- History.   Philosophy, French -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780679724698 (pbk.) Uniform title:  Histoire de la sexualité. English Edition:  1st Vintage Books ed. Description:  168 p. ; 21 cm. Notes:  Originally published in English: New York : Pantheon, 1978-1986. Translation of : Histoire de la sexualité. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  v. 1. An introduction -- pt. 1. We "other Victorians" -- pt. 2. The repressive hypothesis -- ch. 1. The incitement to discourse -- ch. 2. The perverse implantation -- pt. 3. Scientia sexualis -- pt. 4. The deployment of sexuality -- ch. 1. Objective -- ch. 2. Method -- ch. 3. Domain -- ch. 4. Periodization -- pt. 5. Right of death an power over life. Summary:  Michel Foucault's 'The History of Sexuality' pioneered queer theory. In it he builds an argument grounded in a historical analysis of the word "sexuality" against the common thesis that sexuality always has been repressed in Western society. Quite the contrary: since the 17th century, there has been a fixation with sexuality creating a discourse around sexuality. It is this discourse that has created sexual minorities. In 'The History of Sexuality', Foucault attempts to disprove the thesis that Western society has seen a repression of sexuality since the 17th century and that sexuality has been unmentionable, something impossible to speak about. In the 70s, when the book was written, the sexual revolution was a fact. The ideas of the psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, saying that to conserve your mental health you needed to liberate your sexual energy, were popular. The past was seen as a dark age where sexuality had been something forbidden. Other authors:  Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Histoire de la sexualité. English. Hurley, Robert. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 306.7 F762h v.1 Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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