The History of Sexuality
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The History of Sexuality is Michel Foucault’s multi-volume study that analyzes how power, knowledge, and discourse have shaped modern understandings and regulation of sex and sexuality.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The History of Sexuality Context triple: [Michel Foucault, notableWork, The History of Sexuality]
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Dialectic of Enlightenment
Dialectic of Enlightenment is a seminal 1947 philosophical work by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer that critiques how Enlightenment rationality can lead to new forms of domination and barbarism in modern society.
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One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State is a foundational Marxist work by Friedrich Engels that analyzes the historical development of family structures, private property, and state power in relation to class society.
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Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization is a 1955 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that blends Marxist and Freudian ideas to critique modern industrial society and imagine a non-repressive, liberated future.
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Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste is Pierre Bourdieu’s influential sociological study that analyzes how aesthetic preferences and cultural consumption reinforce social class distinctions.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The History of Sexuality Target entity description: The History of Sexuality is Michel Foucault’s multi-volume study that analyzes how power, knowledge, and discourse have shaped modern understandings and regulation of sex and sexuality.
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A.
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Dialectic of Enlightenment is a seminal 1947 philosophical work by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer that critiques how Enlightenment rationality can lead to new forms of domination and barbarism in modern society.
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B.
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
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C.
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State is a foundational Marxist work by Friedrich Engels that analyzes the historical development of family structures, private property, and state power in relation to class society.
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D.
Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization is a 1955 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that blends Marxist and Freudian ideas to critique modern industrial society and imagine a non-repressive, liberated future.
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E.
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste is Pierre Bourdieu’s influential sociological study that analyzes how aesthetic preferences and cultural consumption reinforce social class distinctions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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book ⓘ book ⓘ book ⓘ book series ⓘ non-fiction work ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ work of social theory ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | La Volonté de savoir ⓘ |
| author | Michel Foucault ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| genre |
critical theory
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philosophy of history ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The History of Sexuality
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction
The History of Sexuality self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasure
The History of Sexuality self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self
The History of Sexuality self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The History of Sexuality, Volume 4: Confessions of the Flesh
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| historicalFocus | modern Western societies ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural studies
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gender studies ⓘ queer theory ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
biopolitics
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biopower ⓘ confession ⓘ discursive formation ⓘ power-knowledge ⓘ repressive hypothesis ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christianity and sexuality
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Hellenistic and Roman ethics of sexuality ⓘ ancient Greek ethics of sexuality ⓘ biopolitics ⓘ biopower ⓘ confessional discourse ⓘ discourse ⓘ The History of Sexuality self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
history of sexuality
knowledge ⓘ power ⓘ power-knowledge ⓘ repressive hypothesis ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear |
1976
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1984 ⓘ 1984 ⓘ 2018 ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
L'Usage des plaisirs
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Le Souci de soi ⓘ Les Aveux de la chair ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions Gallimard ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
genealogy
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post-structuralism ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Paul-Michel Foucault
this entity surface form:
history of sexuality
this entity surface form:
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction
this entity surface form:
The History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasure
this entity surface form:
The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self
this entity surface form:
The History of Sexuality, Volume 4: Confessions of the Flesh