Ecstatic Morality and Sexual Politics: A Catholic and Antitotalitarian Theory of the Body

by G.J. McAleer

This first book-length treatment of Thomas Aquinas'stheory of the body presents a Catholic understanding of the body and its implications for social and political philosophy. Making a fundamental contribution to antitotalitarian theory, McAleer argues that a sexual politics reliant upon Aquinas's theory of the body is better (because less violent) than other commonly available theories. He contrasts this theory with those of four other groups of thinkers:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823224562
• ISBN13: 9780823224562
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"