The Care of the Self

Michel 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.

Author: Michel Foucault
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/28/1988
Series: History of Sexuality #03
Pages: 279
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.20w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780394741550