Confessions Of The Flesh: The History Of Sexuality, Volume 4

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The fourth and final volume in Michel Foucaultâ€™s acclaimed History of Sexuality, completed just before his death in 1984 and finally available to the public One of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, Michel Foucault made an indelible impact on Western thought. The first three volumes in his History of Sexualityâ€”which trace cultural and intellectual notions of sexuality, arguing that it has been profoundly shaped by the power structures applied to itâ€”constitute some of Foucaultâ€™s most important work. This fourth volume posits that the origins of totalitarian self-surveillance began with the Christian practice of confession. The manuscript had long been secreted away, in accordance with Foucaultâ€™s stated wish that there be no posthumous publication of his unpublished work. With the sale of the Foucault archives in 2013, Foucaultâ€™s nephew felt that the time had come to publish this final volume in Foucaultâ€™s seminal history. Philosophically, it is a chapter in his hermeneutics of the desiring subject. Historically, it focuses on the remodeling of subjectivity carried out by the early Christian Fathers, who set out to transform the classical Logos of truthful human discourse into a theologosâ€”the divine Word of a pure sovereign. What did God will in the matter of righteous sexual practice? Foucault parses out the logic of the various responses proffered by theologians over the centuries, culminating with Saint Augustineâ€™s fascinating discussion of the libido. Sweeping and deeply personal, Confessions of the Flesh is a tour de force from a philosophical master

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One of the leading philosophical thinkers of the twentieth century, MICHEL FOUCAULT was born in Poitiers, France, in 1926. He lectured in universities throughout the world; served as director at the Institut FranÃ§ais in Hamburg, Germany, and at the Institut de Philosophie at the FacultÃ© des Lettres and the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France; and wrote frequently for French newspapers and periodicals. His influence on generations of thinkers in the areas of sociology, queer theory, cultural studies, and critical thinking was profound. Among his many books are The Archaeology of Knowledge, The Birth of the Clinic, Confessions of the Flesh, Discipline and Punish, The Foucault Reader, Madness and Civilization, The Order of Things, and Power/Knowledge. At the time of his death in 1984, Foucault held a chair at the CollÃ¨ge de France, one of Franceâ€™s most prestigious institutions. FRÃ‰DÃ‰RIC GROS (editor) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris XII and the Institute of Political Studies, Paris. He was the editor of Foucaultâ€™s last published collection of lectures at the CollÃ¨ge de France. He has written books on psychiatry, law, and war, as well as the international best seller A Philosophy of Walking. He lives in Paris.

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