Eric Berkowitz
Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire
- ISBN 13:
- 9781908906106
- author:
- Eric Berkowitz
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- The Westbourne Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 476
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.8 x 3.8 cm
- Genre:
- Business, Finance & Law, Law, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The history of human desire is a complex and often contradictory one. From ancient Mesopotamia to modern times, the law has struggled to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior - sex. In "Sex and Punishment", Eric Berkowitz explores the sweep of Western sex law, tracing the evolution of attitudes towards sex and desire over thousands of years. Through a range of cases, from the savage punishment of an adulteress to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde, Berkowitz reveals the varied and often contradictory forms that human desire has taken. He examines the ways in which the law has sought to control and punish those who have been deemed to have engaged in forbidden sex, often with little regard for justice or morality. This book offers a fascinating and thought-provoking look at the history of human desire, and the ways in which the law has sought to regulate it.
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