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In this collection of provocative essays, historians and literary theorists assess the influence of Michel Foucault, particularly his History of Sexuality, on the study of classics. Foucault’s famous work presents a bold theory of sexuality for both ancient and modern times, and yet until now it has remained under-explored and insufficiently analyzed. By bringing together the historical knowledge, philological skills, and theoretical perspectives of a wide range of scholars, this collection enables the reader to explore Foucault’s model of Greek culture and see how well his interpretation accounts for the full range of evidence from Greece and Rome. Not only do the essays bring to light the assumptions, ideas, and practices that constituted the intimate lives of men and women in the ancient Mediterranean world, but they also demonstrate the importance of the History of Sexuality for fields as diverse as Greco-Roman antiquity, women’s history, cultural studies, philosophy, and modern sexuality.


The essays include 鈥淪ituating The History of Sexuality鈥� (the editors), 鈥淭aking the Sex Out of Sexuality: Foucault’s Failed History鈥� (Joel Black), 鈥�Incipit Philosophia鈥� (Alain Vizier), 鈥淭he Subject in Antiquity after Foucault鈥� (Page duBois), 鈥淭his Myth Which Is Not One: Construction of Discourse in Plato’s Symposium鈥� (Jeffrey S. Carnes), 鈥淔oucault’s History of Sexuality: A Useful Theory for Women?鈥� (Amy Richlin), 鈥淐atullan Consciousness, the 鈥楥are of the Self,鈥� and the Force of the Negative in History鈥� (Paul Allen Miller), 鈥淩eversals of Platonic Love in Petronius鈥� 厂补迟测谤颈肠辞苍鈥� (Daniel B. McGlathery), and an essay from Dislocating Masculinity (Lin Foxhall).