This is the third volume of Foucault's "History of Sexuality". A sociologist and historian of ideas, Foucault's other works include "Madness and Civilization", "The Archaeology of Knowledge", "The Birth of the Clinic" and "Discipline and Punish".

Why has there been such an explosion of discussion about sex in the west since the 17th century? Here, one of France's greatest intellectuals explores the evolving social, economic and political forces that have shaped our attitudes to sex. In a book that is at once controversial and seductive, Foucault describes how we are in the process of making a science of sex which is dev...(展开全部)

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 de...(展开全部)

Brought to light at last–the fourth volume in the famous History of Sexuality series by one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, his final work, which he had completed, but not yet published, upon his death in 1984 Michel Foucault’s philosophy has made an indelible impact on Western thought, and his History of Sexuality series–which traces cultural and in...(展开全部)

米歇尔·福柯（Michel Foucault，1926—1984），法国哲学家。他以其无比渊博的学识、才华横溢的文笔、惊世骇俗的思想，深刻影响了后现代主义、权力分析与社会理论、新文化史、刑罚史、身体史、性史、女性主义与酷儿理论，以及文学与艺术批评等各种时代思潮。其主要作品有：《古典时代疯狂史》《词与物》《规训与惩罚》《性经验史》（四卷）“法兰西学院演讲系列”等。

This book offers an account of the emergence of Christianity from the Ancient World. Here Foucault describes the stranger byways of Greek medicine (with its advice on the healthiest season for sex as well as on exercise and diet), the permitted ways of courting young boys, and the economists' ideas about the role of women. The book abounds in insights into the differences - and...(展开全部)

This book offers an account of the emergence of Christianity from the Ancient World. Here Foucault describes the stranger byways of Greek medicine (with its advice on the healthiest season for sex as well as on exercise and diet), the permitted ways of courting young boys, and the economists' ideas about the role of women. The book abounds in insights into the differences - and...(展开全部)

米歇尔·福柯（Michel Foucault，1926—1984），法国哲学家。他以其无比渊博的学识、才华横溢的文笔、惊世骇俗的思想，深刻影响了后现代主义、权力分析与社会理论、新文化史、刑罚史、身体史、性史、女性主义与酷儿理论，以及文学与艺术批评等各种时代思潮。其主要作品有：《古典时代疯狂史》《词与物》《规训与惩罚》《性经验史》（四卷）“法兰西学院演讲系列”等。