Voluntary Servitude and the Erotics of Friendship

From Classical Antiquity to Early Modern France

• Author(s): Marc D. Schachter,
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
• Pages: 227
• ISBN_10: 0754664597
  ISBN_13: 9780754664598
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / General , Philosophy / Free Will & Determinism ,

Description:... Focusing on the works of Etienne de La Boetie, Michel de Montaigne and Marie de Gournay, this book explores the erotics and politics of 'voluntary servitude' in classical antiquity and the early modern period. These authors pursue related inquiries into voluntary servitude and self-control in marriage, friendship, pederasty and politics.