Sexual Moralities in France, 1780-1980: New Ideas on the Family, Divorce, and Homosexuality: An Essay on Moral Change

ISBN-13: 9780367174712 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 194 str.

Antony Copley

Opis

Originally published in 1989. This history of modern France explores the long-term origins of the libertarian revolt. It traces the moral history from the eighteenth century to the 1960s, examining the questions of divorce, homosexuality and sexual morality. Interesting for students of modern French history and the history of sexual morality.

Spis treści

Preface Part 1: Towards Libertarianism 1. Prologue 2. The Marquis De Sade. Apologist for Autonomy 3. Charles Fourier: Modernist or Neo-traditionalist? Part 2: Beyond Guilt? 4. Victorianism in France: Duplicity and Furtiveness 5. An Incomplete Liberation: New Legislation on Divorce Under the Third Republic 6. From Criminality to Psychopathology: Medical Discourse on Homosexuality During the Third Republic 7. Case Studies in Homosexuality: 1 André Gide: The Continuing Hold of Guilt 8. Case Studies in Homosexuality: 2 Daniel Guérin: Towards Self-acceptance 9. Post 1940: Towards the Sexual Revolution 10. Epilogue. Notes. Thematic Bibliography

O autorze

Antony Copley was Professor of Modern European and Indian History at the University of Kent.