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Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction—a personal master class in reading—that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In lucid, accessible language, these books explain essential topics such as the historical context that frames de Sade's daring philosophy.
John Phillips introduces the Marquis de Sade's highly original and thoroughly subversive depiction of human sexuality, and the philosophical and political thinking that underpins it. He shows how, though Sade's work continues to shock, it can also be seen as the logical conclusion of eighteenth-century materialism. As the only writer of his time who dared to put the body at the center of philosophy, Sade has a unique place in the history of modern thought.
Extracts are taken from the entire range of Sade's literary, philosophical, and personal writings, including The 120 Days of Sodom, Philosophy in the Boudoir, Justine, Juliette, and his Last Will and Testament.
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James Snowden
reviewed How to Read Sade on October 08, 2016 How to Read Sade
This is touching and very well written book. Philips shows us the true face of de Sade: radical thinker, charming person and a good, noble citizen. Profundly democratic aristocrat, tender pervert and modest egocentric. De Sade is here internally inconsistent enough to be first modern Everyman. Playing his cards with temperament he receives severe punishment from any government under which rule he falls. Obviously people who choose bleak, boring existence are terrified with just a thought, that someone could want to live for real... Yet, after years spent in solitary confinement, he keeps no resentiment. In the hour of test he shows mercy and let his own persecutors to escape the death.
Enemy of religious and political fanatism, joyfull bonvivant and learned reader, de Sade becomes first modern man. Despite his will to be fogotten he keeps to be important partner in discussion for very different artists and thinkers of modern times.
In this book you can meet de Sade - your neighbor (paraphrasing Klossowski).
Reading it I could feel de Sade thoughtful, sad smile on my back... Wonderful book!
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