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The History of Sexuality: 4

Confessions of the Flesh
By Michel Foucault
Penguin Classics
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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In The History of Sexuality: 4, Michel Foucault continues his exploration of the relationship between power, knowledge, and sexuality, focusing on the interplay between sexuality and the self. The book delves into the development of sexual behaviours and identities through historical contexts, examining how societal norms shape individual experience.
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The final, previously unpublished volume of one of the twentieth century's seminal works.

Foucault's The History of Sexuality changed the way we think about power, selfhood, and sexuality. In this fourth and final volume, he turns his attention to early Christianity, exploring how ancient ideas of pleasure were modified into the Christian notion of the 'flesh' - a transformation that would define the Western experience of sexuality.

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The most innovative and influential French thinker of the contemporary era -- Sudhir Hazareesingh Guardian
Nearly 35 years after his death, Foucault remains a vital reference point, and his History of Sexuality remains required reading ... The appearance of the fourth volume is itself the most significant event in the world of Foucault scholarship in 20 years ... Essential Los Angeles Review of Books

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241389614

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Robert Hurley

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 303g

Pages: 416

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About the Author

Michel Foucault (Author) Michel Foucalt (1926-1984) was one of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in postwar France. Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism. Robert Hurley (Translator) Robert Hurley is a leading French translator, specializing in the work of French philosophers and critical theorists. His English translations of Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Georges Bataille are considered definitive.

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