The History of Sexuality

All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
The History of Sexuality canonical	7
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction	2
Histoire de la sexualité	1
The History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasure	1
The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self	1
The History of Sexuality, Volume 4: Confessions of the Flesh	1
history of sexuality	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1444194 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The History of Sexuality
Context triple: [Michel Foucault, notableWork, The History of Sexuality]

A. Dialectic of Enlightenment
Dialectic of Enlightenment is a seminal 1947 philosophical work by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer that critiques how Enlightenment rationality can lead to new forms of domination and barbarism in modern society.
B. One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
C. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State is a foundational Marxist work by Friedrich Engels that analyzes the historical development of family structures, private property, and state power in relation to class society.
D. Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization is a 1955 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that blends Marxist and Freudian ideas to critique modern industrial society and imagine a non-repressive, liberated future.
E. Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste is Pierre Bourdieu’s influential sociological study that analyzes how aesthetic preferences and cultural consumption reinforce social class distinctions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The History of Sexuality
Target entity description: The History of Sexuality is Michel Foucault’s multi-volume study that analyzes how power, knowledge, and discourse have shaped modern understandings and regulation of sex and sexuality.

A. Dialectic of Enlightenment
Dialectic of Enlightenment is a seminal 1947 philosophical work by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer that critiques how Enlightenment rationality can lead to new forms of domination and barbarism in modern society.
B. One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
C. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State is a foundational Marxist work by Friedrich Engels that analyzes the historical development of family structures, private property, and state power in relation to class society.
D. Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization is a 1955 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that blends Marxist and Freudian ideas to critique modern industrial society and imagine a non-repressive, liberated future.
E. Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste is Pierre Bourdieu’s influential sociological study that analyzes how aesthetic preferences and cultural consumption reinforce social class distinctions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ book ⓘ book ⓘ book ⓘ book series ⓘ non-fiction work ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ work of social theory ⓘ
alternativeTitle	La Volonté de savoir ⓘ
author	Michel Foucault ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
genre	critical theory ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ
hasPart	The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction ⓘ linked to: The History of Sexuality The History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasure ⓘ linked to: The History of Sexuality The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self ⓘ linked to: The History of Sexuality The History of Sexuality, Volume 4: Confessions of the Flesh ⓘ linked to: The History of Sexuality
historicalFocus	modern Western societies ⓘ
influenced	cultural studies ⓘ gender studies ⓘ queer theory ⓘ
keyConcept	biopolitics ⓘ biopower ⓘ confession ⓘ discursive formation ⓘ power-knowledge ⓘ repressive hypothesis ⓘ
mainSubject	Christianity and sexuality ⓘ Hellenistic and Roman ethics of sexuality ⓘ ancient Greek ethics of sexuality ⓘ biopolitics ⓘ biopower ⓘ confessional discourse ⓘ discourse ⓘ history of sexuality ⓘ linked to: The History of Sexuality knowledge ⓘ power ⓘ power-knowledge ⓘ repressive hypothesis ⓘ sexuality ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
originalPublicationYear	1976 ⓘ 1984 ⓘ 1984 ⓘ 2018 ⓘ
originalTitle	L'Usage des plaisirs ⓘ Le Souci de soi ⓘ Les Aveux de la chair ⓘ
publisher	Éditions Gallimard ⓘ
theoreticalFramework	genealogy ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Michel Foucault → notableWork → The History of Sexuality ⓘ

Paul-Michel Foucault → notableWork → The History of Sexuality ⓘ

subject linked to: Paul-Michel

The History of Sexuality → mainSubject → history of sexuality ⓘ