{"product_id":"the-history-of-sexuality-1-the-will-to-knowledge-9780241385982","title":"The History of Sexuality: 1 : The Will to Knowledge","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Foucault, Michel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSocial \u0026amp; cultural history\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 April 2020 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 176 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 11 | 136g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A brilliant display of fireworks,  attacking the widespread and banal  notion that 'in the beginning' sexual  activity was guilt-free and  delicious, being repressed and blighted  only by the gloom of  Victorianism' Spectator 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. 'A wealth of insights, original conceptualizations and provocative ideas' The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foucault, Michel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55718407274874,"sku":"9780241385982","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780241385982.jpg?v=1754413583","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/es\/products\/the-history-of-sexuality-1-the-will-to-knowledge-9780241385982","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}