Table Of ContentTheU seo fP leasure
Bookbsy M ichFeolu cault
Madnesasn dC iviizlatiAo Hni:s toorfyl nsaniintt hyeA geo fR eason
TheO rdeorf T hingAsn: A rchaeoloofgt yh eH umanS ciences
TheA rchaeoloofgK yn owled(gaen Tdh eD iscouronsL ea nguage)
TheB irtohft heC liniAcn:A rchaeoloofgM ye dicaPle rception
I,Pi erRriev iere, shlaavuignehrgte mdy mothemry, siesrta,n d my
brother.C a.s.eo. f P Aa rriciintd hee N inetenethC entury
Disciplainnde PunTihsehB :i rtohft heP rison
TheH istoorfyS exuiatlyV,o lumeIs,2 ,a nd3
HerculBianreb inB,e intgh eR ecentDliys coveMreemdo irosf a N ineteenth
CentuFrrye ncHhe rmaphrodite
Power/KnowleSdeglee:c tIendt erviaenwdOs t heWrr itin1g9s7,2 -1977
The UsoefP leasure
Volum2e o fT heH istory
ofS exuality
MicheFlo ucault
Translfartoetmdh F er ench
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publisihneF dr ancaesL 'Us agdeep si aibsyiE rdist ioGnasl limard.
Copygrhit© 1984b yE ditioGnasl limaFridr.sA tme ricaend ition
publisbhyeP da ntheBoono ksa,d ivisoifoR na ndomHo useI,n ci.n,
Octobe19r8 5.
LibraorfCy o ngresCsa tagliong-inP-ublicaDtaitoan
FoucauMlitc,h elT.h eh istoorfsy e xuality.
TranslaotfiH oins toidrele a s exualite.
Includbeisb lgiroaphirceafle renacnedis n dexes.
Contenvt.sI :.A n introducti2o.nT -hveu. s eo fp leasure.
I.Se xc ustoms-History-Cowlolrekcst.Ie .dT itle.
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Contents
TranslatAocrk'nso wledgmenvtis i
Intrond uc1t io
Chapt1e rM odificat3i ons
Chapt2e rF ormosfP roblemati1z4a tion
Chapt3e rM oralaintdPy r acotfit chSeee lf2 5
PARTO NE TheM oraPlr oblemaotfi zation
Pelasure3s3
Chapt1e rA prhodisi3a8
Chapt2e rC hresis5 3
Chapt3e rE nkarteia6 3
Chapt4e rF reedaonmTd r uth7 8
PARTT WO Dietet9i5c s
Chapt1e rR egimienGn e nera9l9
Chapt2e rT heD ieotfP leasures 109
Chapt3e rR isaknsDd a ngers 117
Chapt4e rA ctE,x pendiDteuarteh1, 2 5
PARTT HREEE conomi1c4s1
Chapt1e rT heW isdomM aorfr iag1e4 3
Chapt2e rI schomaHcohuusse'h o1l5d2
Chapt3e rT hrPeoe liocfMi oedse rati1o6n6
PART FOURE rotic1s8 5
Chapte1 rA ProbleRmealtaitci 1o8n7
Chapt2e rA BoyH'osn or2 04
Chapt3e rT heO bjeocftP leasu2r1e5
PARTF IVE TruLeo ve 227
Conclus2i4o7n
Notes 255
Bibliograp2h7y 3
Index 281
Transltaor's
Acknowlegdments
A numebro fp eopcloen tritbout theitdsr anslaatt ion,
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themya daeno ccasoifco onm munfirowt hyi Ica hm g rautle.f
PetBerro wgne nerosuhsalrhyeik dsn owleodfcg lea ssical
mattaenrhdsi f sma iliwairtiththa yeu thporrjo'escH tic.sr iti
caclo mmentsa niw nevraaebl lsuee rvice.
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eye saungdg emsatnecydh anogfpe hsr asevoilrotgauyla,ll ly
ofw hicIih n ocrporianttteohdt e e xt.
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whemny r eianddgi ndo qtu imtaet tchhse o phistoiftc haet ion
authporro'sse .
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thej omGrar eteekx Wtist.h ourte mchmoiesn datIwi oounlsd,
havrei skmeadni yn cacuracies.
Marie-CPlearuidgmeoy wn i,ef ,h elpmeedw itvha rious
probloefmm isc rnot-eirpretthaaittsiw ,oi ntt,hh kei nodf
difficuelvteirreeysa deenrc ounbtuoetnr lsty r anslhaatvoer s
tor esolve.
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encaoguerment-smuoprrpatol- aetv ery stage.
Iw isthod edicatEen gltvihesirhss tioo nmt ehmeo royf
MicheFlo ucault.
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Description:In this sequel to The History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction, the brilliantly original French thinker who died in 1984 gives an analysis of how the ancient Greeks perceived sexuality.Throughout The Uses of Pleasure Foucault analyzes an irresistible array of ancient Greek texts on eroticism
