Sexual Desire: A Philosophical Investigation

by Roger Scruton

Book Overview

A dazzling treatise, as erudite and eloquent as Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex and considerably more sound in its conclusion - TLS

"He is an eloquent and practised writer" - The Independent (UK)

When John desires Mary or Mary desires John, what does either of them want? What is meant by innocence, passion, love and arousal, desire, perversion and shame? These are just a few of the questions Roger Scruton addresses in this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826480381
• ISBN13: 9780826480385
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"