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Forbidden Knowledge
From Prometheus to Pornography
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Politics & Social Sciences/Sociology/Social Theory
77%Literary Criticism / European / French
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About This Book
In his “best achievement to date” (Harold Bloom), National Book Award- winner Roger Shattuck gives us a “deeply learned, highly intelligent, and beautifully written” (New York Times) study of human curiosity versus the taboo, from Adam and Eve to the Marquis de Sade to biotechnology research. Index.
