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The History of Sexuality, Vol. 2: The Use of Pleasure (original 1984; edition 1990)

by Michel Foucault (Author), Robert Hurley (Translator)

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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 Uses 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?… (more)
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Title:The History of Sexuality, Vol. 2: The Use of Pleasure
Authors:Michel Foucault (Author)
Other authors:Robert Hurley (Translator)
Info:Vintage Books (1990), Edition: Reissue, 304 pages
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Much better than vol.1; and a great final section about Greek love of boys/men, Platonic/Socratic love, and "true" love. ( )
  kwskultety | Jul 4, 2023 |
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  laplantelibrary | Dec 14, 2021 |
I met this guy at a party who wanted to do nothing but talk about Foucault (I didn't like him very much). HIS opinion was that Foucault was awful. I wouldn't say awful, but he is not easy to read. If I met Foucault at a party, I would probably like him as much as I did that guy who insulted him. But he wrote about interesting things.

No rating because I skipped about half the book. Oops!
  danlai | Sep 1, 2014 |
Foucault describes Victorian and twentieth-century Western sexuality as excessive talking about what we say we are not going to talk about. He contends that the unbridled discussion of not talking about sex is in fact a form of talking about sex. ( )
  AlexTheHunn | Sep 18, 2005 |
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Michel Foucaultprimary authorall editionscalculated
Auziņa, IrēnaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Blumbergs, IlmārsCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Darnadyová, NatálieTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fulka, JosefTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hurley, RobertTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Thein, KarelTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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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 Uses 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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