The Making of Fornication: Eros, Ethics, and Political Reform in Greek Philosophy and Early Christianity Volume 40

by Kathy L. Gaca

Book Overview

This provocative work provides a radical reassessment of the emergence and nature of Christian sexual morality, the dominant moral paradigm in Western society since late antiquity. While many scholars, including Michel Foucault, have found the basis of early Christian sexual restrictions in Greek ethics and political philosophy, Kathy L. Gaca demonstrates on compelling new grounds that it is misguided to regard Greek ethics and political theory-with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520296176
• ISBN13: 9780520296176
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"