The Use of Pleasure: Volume Two of The History of Sexuality
Foucault, Michel; Robert Hurley, translator
Language: English
Published by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1985
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Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1985. First (1st) Printing of the "First American Edition" (stated), translated from the French L' usage des plaisirs: Histoire de la sexualité (1984, Editions Gallimard) by Robert Hurley. Near Fine+ in an As New Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with only the following markings: occasional underlining and marginal lines in the Introduction and nowhere else. The Binding is light gray quarter cloth to light green boards which show fading to top and bottom 1/2", bright silver title, etc., to the spine, unmarked white endpapers and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is flawless - bright and fully intact with the original price ($17.95) intact on the front flap. See the photos. vii, 293, [i] pages, including Notes, Bibliography and Index. 5 7/8" x 8 1/2". The second volume of what eventually, after his death, became a four volume set addressing the following topics as part of a study of sexuality in the Western world: The Will to Knowledge, The Use of Pleasure, The Care of the Self, and The Confessions of the Flesh. This volume discusses, in the author's words, "the manner in which sexual activity was problematized by philosophers and doctors in classical Greek culture of the fourth century B. C.". ISBN 10: 0394543491 / ISBN 13: 9780394543499.…
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- Title
- The Use of Pleasure: Volume Two of The History of Sexuality
- Author
- Foucault, Michel; Robert Hurley, translator
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 1985
- Condition
- Near Fine+
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0394543491
- ISBN 13
- 9780394543499
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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