Pornography, the Theory

What Utilitarianism Did to Action

Frances Ferguson

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English

University of Chicago Press
25 April 2004

Literary theory; Ethical issues: pornography & obscenity; Political science & theory

Pornography first developed in western Europe during the late eighteenth century in tandem with the rise of utilitarianism, the philosophical position that stresses the importance of something's usefulness over its essence. Through incisive readings of Sade, Flaubert, Lawrence, and Bret Easton Ellis, Frances Ferguson here shows how pornography—like utilitarian social structures—diverts our attention from individual identities to actions and renders more clearly the social value of such actions through concrete literary representations.

By: Frances Ferguson
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 16mm, Spine: 1mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780226243214
ISBN 10: 0226243214
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 25 April 2004
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Frances Ferguson is the Mary Elizabeth Garrett Professor of Arts and Sciences and professor of English and the humanities at The Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of Wordsworth: Language as Counter-Spirit and Solitude and the Sublime: Romanticism and the Aesthetics of Individuation.