The History of Sexuality: 3

The Care of the Self

Michel Foucault author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:9th Apr '20

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The History of Sexuality: 3 cover

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

'Bristles with provocative insights into the tangled liaisons of sex and self' Times Higher Education

In the third volume of his acclaimed examination of sexuality in modern Western society, Foucault investigates the Golden Age of Rome to reveal a decisive break from the classical Greek version of sexual pleasure. Exploring the moral reflections of philosophers and physicians of the era, he identifies a growing anxiety over sexual activity and its consequences. At the core of this transformation Foucault found the principles of the 'care of the self': the belief that the self is an object of knowledge to be cultivated over time, and the implications this has for ethics and behaviour.

'Magnificent ... Foucault's great achievement is to illuminate an entire and cohesive body of thought. It is brilliantly done' Daily Telegraph

'A magnificent treasure-trove ... Foucault's great achievement is to illuminate an entire and cohesive body of thought. It is brilliantly done' * Daily Telegraph *

ISBN: 9780241386002

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 213g

288 pages