{"product_id":"9781472927842","title":"Sexual Desire: A Philosophical Investigation","description":"A dazzling treatise, as erudite and eloquent as Simone de Beauvoir's \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e and considerably more sound in its conclusion \u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He is an eloquent and practised writer\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107519578352,"sku":"9781472927842","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472927842_p0.jpg?v=1763599506","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472927842","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}