by Michel Foucault · Siglo XXI de España Editores, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432312045
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In 'History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasures,' Michel Foucault explores the genealogy of desire from classical antiquity to the early centuries of Christianity. This volume focuses on how sexual activity was problematized by philosophers and doctors in 4th century BC Greece, analyzing rules of conduct and prescriptive texts. Foucault examines the general anthropology of pleasure, the economic dimension of sexuality, its relationship to the legal and social order, the status of marriage, and the organization of the household, concluding with a reflection on true love.
Paul-Michel Foucault was a French historian of ideas and philosopher, who was also an author, literary critic, political activist, and teacher. Foucault's theories primarily addressed the relationships between power, knowledge and liberty, and he analyzed how they are used as a form of social control through multiple institutions. Though often cited as a structuralist and postmodernist, Foucault rejected these labels and sought to critique authority without limits on himself. His thought has influenced academics within a large number of contrasting areas of study, with this especially including those working in anthropology, communication studies, criminology, cultural studies, feminism, literary theory, psychology, and sociology. His efforts against homophobia and racial prejudice as well as against other ideological doctrines have also shaped research into critical theory and Marxism–Leninism alongside other topics.
