Sexualitetens idéhistorie - fodnoter i skridthøjde

Abstract

Although disciplined by patriarchy, sexuality is originally an integrated part of secular and religious life. Eventually it is displaced from the area of religion and with Christianity it is furthermore restrained morally as is any sort of bodily awareness and lust before death. Later on there is a loosening up for practical and strategical reasons: sexuality is placed under the microscope and gains official acceptance in the new liberal bourgeois order. Armed with scarpel, consciousness raising, the consume approach and a knowledge of sublimation, sexuality is getting ready for the 20th century.