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Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
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Sex.
Sex customs -- History.
Sexual ethics -- History.
Philosophy, French -- 20th century.
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Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
Sex.
Sex customs -- History.
Sexual ethics -- History.
Philosophy, French -- 20th century.
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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.
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Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Histoire de la sexualité. English.
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