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News and resources on French thinker Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

Michel Foucault | History of Sexuality | Philosophers Explained | Stephen Hicks, Feb 10, 2024

“The History of Sexuality” is Michel Foucault’s examination of the history of discourse about and practice of sexuality over the past three centuries. While sexuality was open in the seventeenth century and relatively closed through the Victorian era, it might appear that sexuality in the modern era has been open. In fact, with the increase in the discourse about sexuality in modern times, Foucault argues we live in a new age of repression.

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