The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self

By (author): "Robert Hurley, Michel Foucault"
Publish Date: 1984
The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self
ISBN0394741552
ISBN139780394741550
AsinThe History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self
Original titleHistoire de la sexualité 3. Le Souci de soi
SeriesThe History of Sexuality #3, ????? ????????? #3
Michel Foucault takes us into the first two centuries of our own era, into the Golden Age of Rome, to reveal a subtle but decisive break from the classical Greek vision of sexual pleasure. He skillfully explores the whole corpus of moral reflection among philosophers (Plutarch, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca) and physicians of the era, and uncovers an increasing mistrust of pleasure and growing anxiety over sexual activity and its consequences.