The Transformation of Intimacy: Love, Sexuality and Eroticism in Modern Societies

Synopsis

The sexual revolution: an evocative term, but what meaning can be given to it today? How does 'sexuality' come into being and what connections does it have with the changes that have affected personal life on a more general plane? In answering these questions, anthony giddens disputes many of the dominant interpretations of the role of sexuality in modern culture.