Author : Antony Copley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429616389
Sexual Moralities in France, 1780-1980 by Antony Copley Pdf
Originally published in 1989. This is the first history of modern France to explore the long-term origins of the libertarian revolt. It traces the moral history from the eighteenth century to the 1960s, examining the questions of marriage and divorce, homosexuality, and sexual morality. It includes detailed chapters on the Marquis de Sade, Charles Fourier, André Gide, and Daniel Guérin in order to illustrate the changing legislation, popular thought and public opinion. The result is an enlightening and provocative account which will be of interest to students of modern French history, moral thought and the history of sexual attitudes.