Sacred Love (Modern Sociology Series · Sociology of Sex Translation Collection)

Author: Lisa A. Esler
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Publication Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book is quite large, covers a wide range of knowledge, and contains many obscure terms and phrases, making it extremely difficult to translate. The translation project we organized went through many twists and turns and took eight years to complete. After thoroughly reviewing and proofreading the entire manuscript, at the publisher's suggestion, I have written a "Preface for the Chinese Edition" to explore the academic value and intellectual significance of this book.
First and foremost, this is a highly serious and scholarly work on the study of sexuality. Although the book thoroughly discusses every aspect of human sexuality from ancient to modern times, from animals to humans, from the West to the East, from the North to the South, globally and for all humanity, down to the finest details, there is not a single hint of lowbrow appeal or any illustrations. The author's intent is lofty: she aims to demonstrate that the sexual-corporeal relationship between the two genders of humans is isomorphic with their family relationships, social relationships, economic relationships, and political relationships. Sexology is the foundation of sociology, economics, and political science. This is why the subtitle of the book includes the phrase: "The Politics of Sex, Myth, and the Female Body."
Furthermore, only by first achieving a cultural transformation from a relationship of domination to one of partnership in the sexual-corporeal relationship between the two genders can humanity then progress to transform family relationships, social relationships, economic relationships, and political relationships from a relationship of domination to one of partnership.