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The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction

by Michel Foucault · 1976

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Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze and discuss sex, and of the social and mental mechanisms of power that cause us to direct the questions of what we are to what our sexuality is.

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sociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thispsychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of thisliterary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of this
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sexualitysexualityMore like thisLess of thisgendergenderMore like thisLess of thisLGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thisfeminismfeminismMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 176 pages

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