The History of Sexuality: 4
Confessions of the Flesh
Michel Foucault author Robert Hurley translator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:11th Mar '21
Should be back in stock very soon
This hardback is available in another edition too:
- Paperback£12.99(9780241389614)
The final major work by one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century
Foucault's History of Sexuality changed the way we think about power, selfhood and sexuality forever. Arguing that sexuality is profoundly shaped by the power structures applied to it, the series is one of his most important and far-reaching works. In this fourth and final volume, Foucault 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 and subjectivity.
Completed at Foucault's death, the manuscript of this volume was locked away in a bank vault for three decades. Now for the first time, the work is available to English-language readers as the author originally conceived it.
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 *
ISBN: 9780241389584
Dimensions: 204mm x 138mm x 37mm
Weight: 464g
416 pages