LEADER 03630oam 2200697I 450 001 9910814377103321 005 20240405040410.0 010 $a0-203-00483-3 010 $a1-280-33480-0 010 $a0-203-15845-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203004838 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255106 035 $a(EBL)178145 035 $a(OCoLC)48139221 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000221102 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186711 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000221102 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10160403 035 $a(PQKB)10346341 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000305960 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195604 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000305960 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10294759 035 $a(PQKB)11360561 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC178145 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL178145 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5004624 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33480 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255106 100 $a20180331d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe philosophy of the Marquis de Sade /$fTimo Airaksinen 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1995. 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-11229-X 311 $a0-415-11228-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 194-198) and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION; SADE: PHILOSOPHY AND ITS BACKGROUND; Topics; The refutation of optimism; The definition of perversity; THE MEANING OF PERVERSION; Harm to moral self; Imprudent preference-formation; Weakness and core-perversity; Facts or fictions?; NATURE AND THE VOID; The two notions of nature; Nature and value; The scavenger; Luck and transgression; HEDONISM IN PSYCHOLOGY; Personal identity; Women; Pleasure or brain; The avenger; THE ETHIC OF VICE; Plans of life; The parody of inversion; Educating vice; Love; THE PARODY OF THE CIVIL CONTRACT 327 $aSocial criticismUtopia and beyond; The theater of pain and pleasure; The falsification of phallocracy; The mature and free predator; STYLE AND THE AMBIGUITY OF VICE; Repetition; The grammar of violence; The reader; Ambiguity; Metaphors; THE PRIMACY OF THE GOOD; The depth of goodness; On a life-boat; SADE THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS; Virtue and control; The failure of narcissism; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe Marquis de Sade is famous for his forbidden novels like Justine, Juliette, and the 120 Days of Sodom. Yet, despite Sade's immense influence on philosophy and literature, his work remains relatively unknown. His novels are too long, repetitive, and violent. At last in The Philosophy of the Marquis de Sade, a distinguished philosopher provides a theoretical reading of Sade. Airaksinen examines Sade's claim that in order to be happy and free we must do evil things. He discusses the motivations of the typical Sadean hero, who leads a life filled with perverted an 606 $aErotic literature, French$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aPhilosophy, French$y18th century 606 $aSex$xPhilosophy 615 0$aErotic literature, French$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aPhilosophy, French 615 0$aSex$xPhilosophy. 676 $a843/.6 700 $aAiraksinen$b Timo$f1947,$01697754 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814377103321 996 $aThe philosophy of the Marquis de Sade$94078718 997 $aUNINA