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<p><P>The Care of the Self is the third and possibly final volume of Michel Foucault's widely acclaimed examination of "the experience of sexuality in Western society." Foucault takes us into the first two centuries of our own era, into the Golden Age of Rome, to reveal a subtle but decisive break from the classical Greek vision of sexual pleasure. He skillfully explores the whole corpus of moral reflection among philosophers (Plutarch, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca) and physicians of the era, and uncovers an increasing mistrust of pleasure and growing anxiety over sexual activity and its consequences.</p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>In 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. This volume, perhaps the l
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- Author
- Michel Foucault
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780394751221
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Gender Studies, Fiction, Philosophy
- Rating
- 4.05 / 5 (1,547 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Histoire de la sexualité (Tome 2) - L'usage des plaisirs (1994)
- Madness and civilization : a history of insanity in the Age of Reason (1988)
- The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction (2010)
- The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction (1990)
- The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self (2012)
- Histoire de la sexualité, I : La volonté de savoir (Tel) (2013)
- Le souci de soi (Histoire de la sexualité, 280) (2014)
- Foucault Michel the Order of Things (1990)
- Le souci de soi (Histoire de la sexualité, 280) (1984)
- Histoire de la sexualité (Tome 3) - Le souci de soi (Tel) (2014)
- L'usage des plaisirs (Histoire de la sexualité, II) (1976)
- Histoire de la sexualité - La volonté de savoir (T1) (1976)
- The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self (1988)
- Histoire de la sexualité (Tome 3) - Le souci de soi (1994)
- Madness and civilization : a history of insanity in the Age of Reason (1990)
- Histoire de la sexualité - Le souci de soi (T3) (1984)
- Histoire de la sexualité (Tome 1) - La volonté de savoir (2013)
- The History of Sexuality: Volume I: An Introduction Vol 1 (1978)
- Histoire de la sexualité (Tome 2) - L'usage des plaisirs (Tel) (2013)
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