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Sexual Desire A Philosophical Investigation

Paperback • 2006 • English

Sexual Desire A Philosophical Investigation

By Roger Scruton

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A dazzling treatise, as erudite and eloquent as Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex and considerably more sound in its conclusion - TLS "He is an eloquent and practised writer" - The Independent (UK) When John desires Mary or Mary desires John, what does either of them want? What is meant by innocence, passion, love and arousal, desire, perversion and shame? These are just a few of the questions Roger Scruton addresses in this thought-provoking intellectual adventure. Beginning from purely phi...Show more

Sex and sexuality, social aspects
Western philosophy from c 1800
Topics in philosophy

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9780826480385

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Sexual Desire A Philosophical Investigation

Format

Paperback

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