The History of Sexuality

4: Confessions of the Flesh

Robert Hurley, Michel Foucault

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Penguin
24 October 2023

Social & cultural history; Philosophy; Philosophy of religion; History of ideas; Sociology: sexual relations; Sexual behaviour

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

The final, previously unpublished volume of one of the twentieth century's seminal works

Foucault's History of Sexuality changed the way we think about power, selfhood and sexuality. In this fourth and final volume, he turns his attention to early Christianity, exploring how ancient ideas of pleasure were modified into the Christian notion of the 'flesh' - a transformation that would define the Western experience of sexuality.

By: Michel Foucault
Translated by: Robert Hurley
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 304g
ISBN: 9780241389614
ISBN 10: 0241389615
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 24 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michel Foucault (Author) Michel Foucalt (1926-1984) was one of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in postwar France. Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism. Robert Hurley (Translator) Robert Hurley is a leading French translator, specializing in the work of French philosophers and critical theorists. His English translations of Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Georges Bataille are considered definitive.

Reviews for The History of Sexuality: 4: Confessions of the Flesh

The most innovative and influential French thinker of the contemporary era -- Sudhir Hazareesingh * Guardian * Nearly 35 years after his death, Foucault remains a vital reference point, and his History of Sexuality remains required reading ... The appearance of the fourth volume is itself the most significant event in the world of Foucault scholarship in 20 years ... Essential * Los Angeles Review of Books *