SCIENTIA SEXUALIS: A FOUCAULTIAN ANALYSIS

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5582192207077

• Palavras-chave: Foucault, analysis, scientia sexualis.

• Keywords: Foucault, analysis, scientia sexualis.

• Abstract:

  The present work aims to outline some considerations about the third part of the work History of Sexuality I: The Will to Know, entitled Scientia Sexualis. In this chapter, Foucault (1926-1984) performs an analysis by what he names as Scientia Sexualis, or the science of sex, and which would be explained as a science that aims to clarify this aspect of human life. The methodology taken as a starting point of this research was the listing of works by Michel Foucault, especially, the History of Sexuality I: The Will to Know and its commentators, seeking a greater insight into the topic. Therefore, based on the above, what had been stated by some who preached that until the 19th century, sex was hidden, repressed and withheld is not sustainable. Foucault addresses this issue by presenting another way of thinking about sex, a way that emphasizes its invention or construction. What Foucault does, above all, is to oppose the normalizing assertion that sex has a true or essential nature, the French philosopher clearly describes that there was formation of the idea of knowing everything about sex, search for all its aspects, all its particularities. During this period, an apparatus appeared which, by propagating discourses about sex, aimed to determine veracity about it.

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