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The Care of the Self Volume 3 of the History of Sexuality
by Michel Foucault
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394548140
- ISBN 13
- 9780394548142
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon, 1986. First American Edition. hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 8x5x1. Volume 3 of the History of Sexuality. Bound in quarter beige cloth with beige paper boards and mint green foil text on the spine. Explores the evolution of Western attitudes towards sexual experience through changes that took place from the Greco-Roman period to the Middle Ages.Editorial Reviews From Library JournalIn this absorbing study, Foucault discusses the attitudes toward sexuality prevalent in Hellenistic Greece and Rome. Classical Greece's view of sex as a means of obtaining individual pleasure faced increasing challenge in Hellenistic times. The love of boys now assumed more muted tones, often finding itself at odds with the highly valued ideals of marital fidelity and virginity. The Stoic approach, as Foucault demonstrates in a nuanced discussion, both resembled and differed from the asceticism of Christianity. vii 279pp. Green and pictorial dustjacket.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers have light shelf wear. Pages are crisp and clean. Previous owner name on front flyleaf. Binding and text block are sound. Dustjacket has light rubbing. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 073142
- Title
- The Care of the Self Volume 3 of the History of Sexuality
- Author
- Michel Foucault
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394548140
- ISBN 13
- 9780394548142
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8x5x1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Science;
- X weight
- 17 oz
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