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OverviewWhy we are so fascinated with sex and sexuality—from the preeminent philosopher of the 20th century. Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze and discuss sex, and of the social and mental mechanisms of power that cause us to direct the questions of what we are to what our sexuality is. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michel FoucaultPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Vintage Books Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.159kg ISBN: 9780679724698ISBN 10: 0679724699 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 14 April 1990 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe Care of the Self shares with the writings on which it draws the characteristic of being carefully constructed, exquisitely reasoned and internally cogent. -- The New York Times Book Review Foucault is a thinker from whose writing one can infer lessons for our modern lives and dilemmas. -- Boston Globe The Care of the Self shares with the writings on which it draws the characteristic of being carefully constructed, exquisitely reasoned and internally cogent. -- The New York Times Book Review Foucault is a thinker from whose writing one can infer lessons for our modern lives and dilemmas. -- Boston Globe The Care of the Self shares with the writings on which it draws the characteristic of being carefully constructed, exquisitely reasoned and internally cogent. -- The New York Times Book Review Foucault is a thinker from whose writing one can infer lessons for our modern lives and dilemmas. -- Boston Globe The Care of the Self shares with the writings on which it draws the characteristic of being carefully constructed, exquisitely reasoned and internally cogent. -- The New York Times Book Review Foucault is a thinker from whose writing one can infer lessons for our modern lives and dilemmas. -- Boston Globe """The Care of the Self shares with the writings on which it draws the characteristic of being carefully constructed, exquisitely reasoned and internally cogent."" -- The New York Times Book Review ""Foucault is a thinker from whose writing one can infer lessons for our modern lives and dilemmas.""-- Boston Globe" " The Care of the Self shares with the writings on which it draws the characteristic of being carefully constructed, exquisitely reasoned and internally cogent." -- The New York Times Book Review <br>" Foucault is a thinker from whose writing one can infer lessons for our modern lives and dilemmas." -- Boston Globe The Care of the Self shares with the writings on which it draws the characteristic of being carefully constructed, exquisitely reasoned and internally cogent. -- The New York Times Book Review Foucault is a thinker from whose writing one can infer lessons for our modern lives and dilemmas. -- Boston Globe Author InformationMICHEL FOUCAULT was born in Poitiers, France, in 1926. He lecturerd in universities throughout the world; served as director at the Institut Francais in Hamburg, Germany and at the Institut de Philosophi at the Faculte des Lettres in the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France; and wrote frequently for French newspapers and reviews. At the time of his death in 1984, he held a chair at France's most prestigious institutions, the College de France. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |