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The history of sexuality. Volume 1 the will to knowledge

Foucault, Michael, 1926-19842008
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Michel Foucault's The Will to Knowledge is the first part of his influential trilogy of books on the history of sexuality. He argues that the recent explosion of discussion about sex in the West means that, far from being liberated, we are in the process of making a science of sexuality that is devoted to the analysis of desire rather than the increase of pleasure. This is a brilliant polemic from a groundbreaking radical intellectual. -- Book cover.
Main title:
The history of sexuality. Volume 1 the will to knowledge / Michel Foucault ; translated from French by Robert Hurley.
Imprint:
Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin, 2008.
Collation:
168 p ; 19 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
"La Volonte de savoir" first published 1976. This translation first published under the title "The history of sexuality: vol. 1, an introduction", in the USA and Canada 1978. First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane 1979. Published by Pelican Books 1981. Reprinted in Peregrine books 1984. reprinted in Penguin Books 1990. Reprinted in Penguin Books under the present title 1998. This ed. published by Penguin Group (Australia), 2008.Copyright Editions Gallimard, 1976. Translation copyright Random House, 1978.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780141037646 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.7
Language:
EnglishFrench
Added title:
BRN:
259332
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
RYDEADULT NON-FICTION306.7 FOUCClassicsAvailable
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