History of Sexuality: 1

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The first volume of Foucault's pioneering analysis of sexuality and power relations, now reissued in Penguin Modern Classics

We talk about sex more and more, but are we more liberated?

The first part of Michel Foucault's landmark account of our evolving attitudes in the west shows how the nineteenth century, far from suppressing sexuality, led to an explosion of discussion about sex as a separate sphere of life for study and examination. As a result, he argues, we are making a science of sex which is devoted to the analysis of desire rather than the increase of pleasure.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241385982
Published: April 2020

Number of pages: 176
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 9 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd