The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679724699 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-11 |
| Language | : | French |
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"The Care of the Self shares with the writings on which it draws the characteristic of being carefully constructed, exquisitely reasoned and internally cogent." -- The New York Times Book Review"Foucault is a thinker from whose writing one can infer lessons for our modern lives and dilemmas."-- Boston Globe
The author turns his attention to sex and the reasons why we are driven constantly to analyze and discuss it. An iconoclastic explanation of modern sexual history.
Marisa said Wouldn't read if I didn't have to.. Foucault is a pain to read, but affordable lol.. Mike said Foucault - the smart kid who doesn't do homework. More like a Foucault - the smart kid who doesn't do homework More like a 3.5 if that was an option. Part of me hates rating this book so low, but I really have to. Here's why.I love and hate Foucault more than just about any other philosopher. He is probably the pre-eminent French philosopher of his generation. The problem is that he is probably also the worst French historian of all time.Foucault certainly has his moments and he's consistently entertaining (he's a very good writer and judging from his lectures, a great lecturer), but underneath it all, he's fundamentally lazy - he never does research studies or clinical work, he never looks . .5 if that was an option. Part of me hates rating this book so low, but I really have to. Here's why.I love and hate Foucault more than just about any other philosopher. He is probably the pre-eminent French philosopher of his generation. The problem is that he is probably also the worst French historian of all time.Foucault certainly has his moments and he's consistently entertaining (he's a very good writer and judging from his lectures, a great lecturer), but underneath it all, he's fundamentally lazy - he never does research studies or clinical work, he never looks . "The birth and rise of horrible scholarship and even worse theory" according to DJ Paul. Let me tell you about some flaws to this horribly flawed piece of work. But first I will give the reader a general overview of the writing both in style and substance. Typically, Foucault is someone who seems very amauzed by his own cleverness. He is a writer who can never refuse teh chance to write a pun, a major one is that we are "subjects" and "subjected" how cute and clever. This all leads to his denial of subjectivity, autonomy or agency (whichever term you prefer). This is because he wants to show the reader how "power" (as he terms, the complex strategical situation in a soc