Lust and power: Foucault’s The History of Sexuality at 50

Cupid and Psyche by Jacques-Louis David. Getty Images Fifty years ago, Michel Foucault published volume one of his monumental The History of Sexuality series, The Will to Knowledge. Foucault’s four-volume work challenging ideas about sexuality in modern societies has had huge impact. Goodreads In his writings during the 1970s, Foucault analysed the distinct features of modern power. In contrast to earlier forms, modern power…