{"product_id":"9780241386002","title":"The History of Sexuality: 3 : The Care of the Self (Penguin Modern Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Bristles with provocative insights into the tangled liaisons of sex and self' Times Higher Education\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the third volume of his acclaimed examination of sexuality in modern Western society, Foucault investigates the Golden Age of Rome to reveal a decisive break from the classical Greek version of sexual pleasure. Exploring the moral reflections of philosophers and physicians of the era, he identifies a growing anxiety over sexual activity and its consequences. At the core of this transformation Foucault found the principles of the 'care of the self': the belief that the self is an object of knowledge to be cultivated over time, and the implications this has for ethics and behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Magnificent ... Foucault's great achievement is to illuminate an entire and cohesive body of thought. It is brilliantly done' Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49158058377451,"sku":"EB_PH0800_00000_RC","price":28.34,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780241386002-1.jpg?v=1786016176","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9780241386002","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}