Voluntary servitude and the erotics of friendship : from classical antiquity to early modern France / Marc D. Schachter.

Author/creator Schachter, Marc D.
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2008.
Descriptionxii, 227 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : voluntary servitude, governmentality and the care of the self -- Voluntary servitude and the politics of pederasty in Plato's Symposium -- Critique and governmentality in La Boétie's Mesnagerie de Xenophon and Servitude volontaire -- Montaigne's "voluntary liberty" and the politics of friendship -- Friendly usurpations : Gournay and Montaigne -- The erotics of friendship and the politics of love -- A conclusion in three parts : the art of voluntary inservitude.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-211) and index.
LCCN 2008015504
ISBN0754664597 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780754664598 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HM 1266 .S34 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold