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The use of Pleasure Volume 2

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Book - 1990 306.7 Fo 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.3 out of 5

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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1985.
Modifications -- Forms of problematization -- Morality and practice of the self -- pt. 1. The moral problematization of pleasures -- Aphrodisia -- Chrēsis -- Enkrateia -- Freedom and truth -- pt. 2. Dietetics -- Regimen in general -- The diet of pleasures -- Risks and dangers -- Act, expenditure, death -- pt. 3. Economics -- The wisdom of marriage -- Ischolmachus' household -- Three policies of moderation -- pt. 4. Erotics -- A problematic relation -- A boy's honor -- The object of pleasure -- pt. 5. True love.

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SERIES
The history of sexuality
v. 2



PUBLISHED
New York : Vintage Books, 1990.
Year Published: 1990
Description: vii, 293 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780394751221
0394751221

SUBJECTS
Pleasure.
Sex.
Sex customs -- History.