1st Edition

The Pursuit of Pleasure

By Lionel Tiger Copyright 2000
346 Pages
by Routledge

348 Pages
by Routledge

330 Pages
by Routledge

Pleasure is biologically desirable and good for physical and mental health. In The Pursuit of Pleasure, Lionel Tiger explores this aspect of human nature by focusing on the origins and forms of pleasure. Medical science has perfected a host of often astonishingly impressive methods for preventing, alleviating, or recovering from pain. Its opposite, pleasure, has not had such a well-funded and... Read more
Introduction: Cellos, Velvet, and the State; One: Where Is the State of Pleasuria?; Two: Let’s Spend a Quiet Evening in the Cave; Three: Guess Why?; Four: Spasmo Numero Uno, Con Due; Five: BigMouth; Six: The Senses: Everyone Has a Native Guide; Seven: The Power of Pleasure / The Pleasure of Power

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Lionel Tiger