Understanding Sade
Jan 2023 · Max Milo
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A feast for the body and, above all, a feast for words, Sade’s work continues to reach out to us through the fusions it creates. Philosophy? Pornography? Farce? Like Madame de Saint-Ange in her boudoir, Sade could exclaim: “I am an amphibious animal. I love everything. I enjoy everything, I want to bring all genres together.”
In keeping with Sade’s concern for totality, this book follows the biographical, literary and philosophical journey of a man imprisoned under all regimes, a victim of all despotisms, and who, through his laughter and his pen, knew how to frighten the supporters of “virtuous good causes”, who recognize themselves by their desire to make a “clean sweep” of all the complexity and madness of the world. Think you know Sade? Think again!
A feast for the body and, above all, a feast for words, Sade’s work continues to reach out to us through the fusions it creates. Philosophy? Pornography? Farce? Like Madame de Saint-Ange in her boudoir, Sade could exclaim: “I am an amphibious animal. I love everything. I enjoy everything, I want ...
About the author
Marie-Paule Farina has been a Sade specialist since her university thesis. She is a former professor of philosophy.
Cartoonist Yves Rouvière has illustrated Freud (Hervé Castanet, Max Milo, 2011) and Marx et le Capital (Denis Collin, Max Milo, 2011).
Marie-Paule Farina has been a Sade specialist since her university thesis. She is a former professor of philosophy.
Cartoonist Yves Rouvière has illustrated Freud (Hervé Castanet, Max Milo, 2011) and Marx et le Capital (Denis Collin, Max Milo, 2011).
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