Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography

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.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780156005517

Publisher

Harper Paperbacks

Published

September 15, 1997

Pages

384

Weight

14.4 oz

Subject

Philosophy