The History of Sexuality: 4

byMichel Foucault, Robert Hurley (Translator)

Confessions of the Flesh

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.

Essentially completed at Foucault's death, the manuscript of this volume was locked away in a Paris bank vault for nearly thirty years. Now for the first time, the work is available to English-language readers as the author originally conceived it.

The most innovative and influential French thinker of the contemporary era

Sudhir Hazareesingh, Guardian

About Michel Foucault

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.
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  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • ISBN: 9780241389584
  • Length: 416 pages
  • Dimensions: 204mm x 37mm x 138mm
  • Weight: 464g
  • Price: £25.00
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