The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction Postmodernism Literary Criticism groundbreaking novel

groundbreaking novel

is no longer certain anything was by design―especially not the tragedy that caused him to turn his back on his friends

a cunningly manipulative university professor exploits a too-trusting woman in a way she could never have anticipated

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The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction Postmodernism Literary Criticism groundbreaking novelWhy we are so fascinated with sex and sexualityfrom the preeminent philosopher of the 20th century. Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze and discuss sex, and of the social and mental mechanisms of power that cause us to direct the questions of what we are to what our sexuality is.