Reason and Sexuality in Western ThoughtISBN: 978-0-7456-2422-8
Paperback
272 pages
May 2005, Polity
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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- Traces the genealogy of ideas of reason, self and sexuality in
Western thought, a common topic in gender studies and philosophy
courses.
- Develops a convincing argument that western philosophy and
religion have distorted - and continue to distort - our experience
of sex and love.
- Examines the thinking and works of key philosophers like
Montaigne, Spinoza, Hegel, Kierkegaard and Foucault amongst
others.
- Keeps the undergraduate student in mind, and explains complex theories and thinkers in a clear and accessible way.