The Volume 1 The will to knowledge Foucault, Michel 1926-1984 creator Hurley, Robert. text enk London Penguin Classics 2020 monographic eng

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168 p. We talk about sex more and more, but are we more liberated? The first part of Michel Foucault's landmark account of our evolving attitudes in the west shows how the nineteenth century, far from suppressing sexuality, led to an explosion of discussion about sex as a separate sphere of life for study and examination. As a result, he argues, we are making a science of sex which is devoted to the analysis of desire rather than the increase of pleasure. Part one. We "Other Victorians" -- Part two. The repressive hypothesis -- 1. The incitement to discourse -- 2. The perverse implantation -- Part three. Scientia sexualis -- Part four. The deployment of sexuality -- 1. Objective -- 2. Method -- 3. Domain -- 4. Periodization -- Part five. Right of death and power over life. Michel Foucault ; translated from the French by Robert Hurley. Translated from the French. Reprint. Originally published: 1978. Includes index. Sex customs History HQ12 .F68 2020 V. 1 9780241385982 (pbk.) 0241385989 (pbk.) 210520 on1140114429