The History of Sexuality

Why has there been such an explosion of discussion about sex in the west since the 17th century? Here, one of France's greatest intellectuals explores the evolving social, economic and political forces that have shaped our attitudes to sex. In a book that is at once controversial and seductive, Foucault describes how we are in the process of making a science of sex which is dev...

Why has there been such an explosion of discussion about sex in the west since the 17th century? Here, one of France's greatest intellectuals explores the evolving social, economic and political forces that have shaped our attitudes to sex. In a book that is at once controversial and seductive, Foucault describes how we are in the process of making a science of sex which is devoted to the analysis of desire rather than the increase of pleasure.

米歇尔·福柯，1926年10月15日出生在法国的普瓦利埃。1946—1949年，就读于巴黎高师和索邦大学，先后获得哲学和心理学文凭。1951年，通过哲学教师资格考试。1961年获国家博士学位。1970年被遴选为法兰西学院院士。1984年6月25日因感染上艾滋病去世。福柯一生著作甚丰，闻名于世的有《癫狂与文明：古典时代的癫狂史》（1961年）、《诊所的诞生》（1963年）、《词与物》（1966年）、《知识考古学》（1969年）、《规训与惩罚》（1975年）和《性经验史》三卷（1976，1984，1984年）。

米歇尔·福柯是后结构主义主要代表人物。他不仅“谈玄论理”，而且还直接批评自启蒙运动以来的“现代性文化”。