The history of sexuality
by Michel Foucault
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Michel Foucault's 'The History of Sexuality' pioneered queer theory. In it he builds an argument grounded in a historical analysis of the word "sexuality" against the common thesis that sexuality always has been repressed in Western society. Quite the contrary: since the 17th century, there has been a fixation with sexuality creating a discourse around sexuality. It is this discourse that has created sexual minorities. In 'The History of Sexuality', Foucault attempts to disprove the thesis that Western society has seen a repression of sexuality since the 17th century and that sexuality has been unmentionable, something impossible to speak about. In the 70s, when the book was written, the sexual revolution was a fact. The ideas of the psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, saying that to conserve your mental health you needed to liberate your sexual energy, were popular. The past was seen as a dark age where sexuality had been something forbidden.
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History, Sex customs, Sex, Philosophy, Sexual ethics, Collections, Sexual Behavior, Vie sexuelle, Pleasure, Sensuality, New York Times reviewed, Histoire, Seksualiteit, Sexual excitement, Sex customs -- History, Sex (Psychology), Sex customs--history, Hq12 .f6813x 1979, vol. 2People
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The History of Sexuality (Peregrine Books)
September 24, 1987, Penguin Books Ltd
0140552138 9780140552133
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The history of sexuality
1978, Pantheon Books
in English
- 1st American ed.
0394417755 9780394417752
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Translation of Histoire de la sexualité.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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