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The Care of the Self by Michel Foucault

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The Care of the Self

Author
Michel Foucault
Narrator
Elliot Fitzpatrick
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Publish Date
5 September 2023
Run Time
9 hours 35 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Philosophy of mind, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Psychology
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What to expect

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.

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Author
Michel Foucault
Narrator
Elliot Fitzpatrick
Duration
9 hours 35 minutes
Release Date
5 September 2023
ISBN
9798350818581
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Genre
Philosophy of mind, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Psychology

Synopsis

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.

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