The History of Sexuality: 4 : Confessions of the Flesh

by Michel Foucault

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series Penguin Modern Classics

ISBN-10 0241389615

ISBN-13 9780241389614

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint Penguin Classics

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 20th, 2023

Print length 416 Pages

Weight 308 grams

Dimensions 12.90 x 19.90 x 2.70 cms

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The final major work by one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth centuryIn the fourth and final volume of his far-reaching and influential study of human sexuality, Foucault turns his attention to early Christianity, exploring how ancient ideas of pleasure were modified into the notion of the 'flesh'. Ranging over marriage, procreation and the concept of virginity as a divine state, Foucault brilliantly shows how a fledgling religion altered and defined the Western history of desire. Confessions of the Flesh brings to a conclusion one of the twentieth century's seminal works. 'A thinker of immense power ... posing questions that still perplex us' The Times Literary Supplement'Required reading ... The appearance of the fourth volume is the most significant event in the world of Foucault scholarship in 20 years ... Essential' Los Angeles Review of Books

The final major work by one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century

In the fourth and final volume of his far-reaching and influential study of human sexuality, Foucault turns his attention to early Christianity, exploring how ancient ideas of pleasure were modified into the notion of the ''flesh''. Ranging over marriage, procreation and the concept of virginity as a divine state, Foucault brilliantly shows how a fledgling religion altered and defined the Western history of desire. Confessions of the Flesh brings to a conclusion one of the twentieth century''s seminal works.

''A thinker of immense power ... posing questions that still perplex us'' The Times Literary Supplement

''Required reading ... The appearance of the fourth volume is the most significant event in the world of Foucault scholarship in 20 years ... Essential'' Los Angeles Review of Books

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