{"product_id":"sexual-desire-roger-scruton-9780826480385","title":"Sexual Desire: A Philosophical Investigation","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dazzling treatise, as erudite and eloquent as Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex and considerably more sound in its conclusion - TLS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He is an eloquent and practised writer\" - The Independent (UK) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen John desires Mary or Mary desires John, what does either of them want? What is meant by innocence, passion, love and arousal, desire, perversion and shame? These are just a few of the questions Roger Scruton addresses in this thought-provoking intellectual adventure. Beginning from purely philosophical premises, and ranging over human life, art and institutions, he surveys the entire field of sexuality; equally dissatisfied with puritanism and permissiveness, he argues for a radical break with recent theories. Upholding traditional morality - though in terms that may shock many of its practitioners - his argument gravitates to that which is candid, serene and consoling in the experience of sexual love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Scruton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826480381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826480385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continuum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.22w x 1.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2008 pg. 174","brand":"Roger Scruton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994922451199,"sku":"9780826480385","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04ae8c1a-e7d5-42c8-bf10-4bc607a6281f.jpg?v=1683332970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sexual-desire-roger-scruton-9780826480385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}