num_pages: 288
description: 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.
language: English
title: The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self
titlecomplete: The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self
genres: France, History, Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, Gender, Sexuality, Nonfiction, Theory, Queer
ratings_count: 2522
series: The History of Sexuality
publisher: Pantheon