Reviews

Confessions of the Flesh: The History of Sexuality, Volume 4 by Michel Foucault

rvandenboomgaard's review against another edition

5.0

Foucault seems to have, at some junction far before this fourth volume in the series, realised that in order to lay bare the structure of the conception of human sexuality, you first need a solid conception of human selfhood, before even being able to begin considering the structure of the human conception of selfhood. So, in my reading, ‘The History of Sexuality’ is not so much about sexuality itself, as it utilises sexuality in order to address selfhood. And this, obviously, is an infinitely more valuable project than focussing ‘only’ on sexuality.

And to think this was not even supposed to be the last instalment.

tdwightdavis's review

5.0

Probably my favorite volume of Foucault’s sexuality books. It’s truly amazing how well he handled theological and religious texts as someone whose training was in another field.