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

    Written by Michel Foucault

    Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick

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    About this audiobook

    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?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    TranslatorRobert Hurley
    Release dateAug 29, 2023
    ISBN9798350818567
    The Use of Pleasure: Volume 2 of The History of Sexuality
    Author

    Michel Foucault

    One of the most important theorists of the twentieth century, Michel Foucault's (1926-1984) many influential books include Discipline and Punish, The Archeology of Knowledge, The History of Sexuality, and The Discourse on Language.

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