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No other writer has so scandalized proper society as the Marquis de
Sade, but despite the deliberate destruction of over three-quarters
of his work, Sade remains a major figure in the history of ideas.
His influence on some of the greatest minds of the last
century--from Baudelaire and Swinburne to Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky
and Kafka--is indisputable. This volume contains Philosophy in the
Bedroom, a major novel that presents the clearest summation of his
political philosophy; Eugenie de Franval, a novella widely
considered to be a masterpiece of eighteenth-century French
literature; and the only authentic and complete American edition of
his most famous work, Justine. This literary portrait of Sade is
completed by one of his earliest philosophical efforts, Dialogue
between a Priest and a Dying Man, a selection of his letters, a
fifty-page chronology of his life, two important essays on Sade,
and a bibliography of his work.
Despite their obvious importance, the ethical implications of
climate change are often neglected in economic evaluations of
mitigation and adaptation policies. Economic climate models provide
estimates of the value of mitigation benefits, provide
understanding of the costs of reducing emissions, and develop tools
for making policy choices under uncertainty. They have thus offered
theoretical and empirical instruments for the design and
implementation of a range of climate policies, but the ethical
assumptions included in the calculations are usually left
unarticulated. This book, which brings together scholars from both
economics and ethical theory, explores the interrelation between
climate ethics and economics. Examining a wide range of topics
including sustainability, conceptions of value, risk management and
the monetization of harm, the book will explore the ethical
limitations of economic analysis but will not assume that economic
theory cannot accommodate the concerns raised. The aim in part is
to identify ethical shortcomings of economic analysis and to
propose solutions. Given the on-going role of economics in
government thinking on mitigation, a constructive approach is vital
if we are to deal adequately with climate change. This volume will
be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental
ethics, economics, political science, political philosophy and the
philosophy of economics.
Despite their obvious importance, the ethical implications of
climate change are often neglected in economic evaluations of
mitigation and adaptation policies. Economic climate models provide
estimates of the value of mitigation benefits, provide
understanding of the costs of reducing emissions, and develop tools
for making policy choices under uncertainty. They have thus offered
theoretical and empirical instruments for the design and
implementation of a range of climate policies, but the ethical
assumptions included in the calculations are usually left
unarticulated. This book, which brings together scholars from both
economics and ethical theory, explores the interrelation between
climate ethics and economics. Examining a wide range of topics
including sustainability, conceptions of value, risk management and
the monetization of harm, the book will explore the ethical
limitations of economic analysis but will not assume that economic
theory cannot accommodate the concerns raised. The aim in part is
to identify ethical shortcomings of economic analysis and to
propose solutions. Given the on-going role of economics in
government thinking on mitigation, a constructive approach is vital
if we are to deal adequately with climate change. This volume will
be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental
ethics, economics, political science, political philosophy and the
philosophy of economics.
In the "Forests of the Night" is a darkly sensual collection of
erotic fairy tales, blending the magic and fantasy of traditional
fables with carnality and lust In the timeless tradition of the
storybook, each tale is vividly illustrated by Vanity Chase.
Beautiful, visceral and devoutly debauched, Vanity's illustrations
enliven the whole book and explore a grown-up side of fantasy.
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Justine was the Marquis de Sade's first novella, written in
1787, whilst imprisoned for two weeks in the Bastille. Although
published anonymously, de Sade was eventually indicted for
blasphemy and obscenity (without trial) for the authorship of
Justine at the behest of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Who suffers in the pursuit of desire?
The Countess de Lorsange reveals her history, in a tavern, to a
young woman named Therese; where a young girl and her sister fight
a battle of morality. Set in a period before the French Revolution,
Justine shows the battle of virtue versus vice, where earning your
keep takes on fresh connotations, and a titled lady holds a
lifetime of illicit secrets."
WINNER OF THE 2017 SCOTT MONCRIEFF PRIZE A new translation of
Sade's most notorious, shocking and influential novel. This
disturbing but hugely important text has influenced countless
individuals throughout history: Flaubert and Baudelaire both read
Sade; the surrealists were obsessed with him; film-makers like
Pasolini saw parallels with twentieth-century history in his
writings; and feminists such as Andrea Dworkin and Angela Carter
clashed over him. This new translation brings Sade's provocative
novel into Penguin Classics for the first time, and will reignite
the debate around this most controversial of writers.
Undesign brings together leading artists, designers and theorists
working at the intersection of art and design. The text focuses on
design practices, and conceptual approaches, which challenge the
traditional notion that design should emphasise its utility over
aesthetic or other non-functional considerations. This publication
brings to light emerging practices that consider the social,
political and aesthetic potential of "undesigning" our complex
designed world. In documenting these new developments, the book
highlights the overlaps with science, engineering, biotechnology
and hacktivism, which operate at the intersection of art and
design.
The Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions for 2020 provides
accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems
in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those
problems. Written by a highly respected team of authors brought
together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), it
offers recommendations for action by elected officials, policy
makers, and the public around key issues for social justice,
including a discussion of the role of key issues of sustainability
and technology in the development and timbre of future social
problems. It will be of interest to scholars, practitioners,
advocates, and students interested in public sociology and the
study of social problems.
The mind has the power to save us from depravity...or to drive us
further to it From hypnotic highs to paranormal possession, "Naked
Delirium" delves deep into the human psyche to celebrate sex in
altered states Five twisted tales, all lusciously illustrated by
Giorgio Verona.
Undesign brings together leading artists, designers and theorists
working at the intersection of art and design. The text focuses on
design practices, and conceptual approaches, which challenge the
traditional notion that design should emphasise its utility over
aesthetic or other non-functional considerations. This publication
brings to light emerging practices that consider the social,
political and aesthetic potential of "undesigning" our complex
designed world. In documenting these new developments, the book
highlights the overlaps with science, engineering, biotechnology
and hacktivism, which operate at the intersection of art and
design.
Who but the Marquis de Sade would write not of the pain, tragedy,
and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest
are among the cruel rewards for selfless love in his
stories--tragedy, despair, and death the inevitable outcome. Sade's
villains will stop at nothing to satisfy their depraved passions,
and they in turn suffer under the thrall of love.
This is the most complete selection from the Marquis de Sade's
four-volume collection of short stories, The Crimes of Love. David
Coward's vibrant new translation captures the verve of the
original, and his introduction and notes describe Sade's notorious
career. This new selection includes "An Essay on Novels," Sade's
penetrating survey of the novelist's art. It also contains the
preface to the collection and an important statement of Sade's
concept of fiction and one of the few literary manifestoes
published during the Revolution. Appendices include the
denunciatory review of the collection that it received on
publication, and Diderot's vigorous response. A skilled and artful
story-teller, Marquis de Sade's is also an intellectual who asks
questions about society, about ourselves, and about life.
Psychologically astute and defiantly unconventional, these stories
show Sade at his best.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has
made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the
globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to
scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of
other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date
bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade relates the story of four
wealthy men who enslave 24 mostly teenaged victims and sexually
torture them while listening to stories told by old prostitutes.
The book was written while Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille and
the manuscript was lost during the storming of the Bastille. Sade
wrote that he "wept tears of blood" over the manuscript's loss.
Many consider this to be Sade crowing acheivment.
The Marquis de Sade narrates the escalating sex-crimes of four
libertines who barricade themselves into a remote castle with both
male and female victims and accomplices for a four-month,
precipitous orgy of sodomy, coprophagia and rape leading inexorably
towards torture and human decimation.
This is the first new translation in over forty years of Sade's
novel Justine. It is also the first ever critical edition, based on
the original 1791 version of the story, which is the most
accessible and artistically successful of the three versions. The
novel tells the story of the beautiful and devout Justine, whose
steadfast faith and naive trust destine her from the outset for
sexual exploitation and martyrdom. The unending catalog of
disasters that befall her, during which she is subject to any
number of perverse practices, illustrate Sade's belief in the
primacy of Nature over civilization. Virtue is no match for vice,
and as criminality and violence triumph, Justine is doomed to
suffer. Indeed, the novel mounts a ferocious physical and
intellectual assault on absolute notions of good and evil.
John Phillips's lively translation conveys the tone of Sade's
original text and his introduction situates Sade's narrative in its
historical, literary, and philosophical background, discussing such
major themes as attitudes to women, the church, the justice system,
and the world of finance, the sadistic and masochistic elements,
and the novel's reception. The extensive notes shed light on
religious and philosophical ideas and explain allusions to topical
events.
About the Series For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has
made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the
globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to
scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of
other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date
bibliographies for further study, and much more.
El Marques de Sade (1740-1814), aristocrata con buena formacion
clasica, inicio a temprana edad una larga carrera de desafueros que
le depararon dilatadas estancias en prision, donde escribio la
mayor parte de su obra. Convertida durante decadas en caso para la
patologia sexual, saludada por los surrealistas y rescatada
definitivamente por la critica moderna, el lector de hoy se
encuentra ante una obra inserta en las tradiciones de su epoca,
exasperada y moralizante, pero con una construccion rigurosa y
claros valores literarios.
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