Philosophical Perspectives on Sex and Love

by Robert Michael Stewart

Book Overview

Despite the centrality of sexuality and love to human life, western history's great philosophers have not produced anything like a detailed and systematic approach to these matters. From Plato's emphasis upon the importance of eros, to the insistence by today's feminists on gender equality, philosophy's interpretation of eroticism and love has been as diverse and explosive as the subject itself. It is this imposing variety of approach and interpretation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195080319
• ISBN13: 9780195080315
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"