The Emergence of Sexuality: Historical Epistemology and the Formation of Concepts

This collection of essays is a remarkably erudite and creative continuation of the Foucauldian project. Davidson investigates the formation of our conceptualization of human sexuality by revealing the transition from a medical to a psychiatric delimitation of pathology. There are a wide variety of texts here, ranging from an exegesis of monsters to epistemology. Davidson also provides some of the most authoritative commentary on Foucault's work in the entire secondary literature; he draws out a nuanced analysis of Foucault's evolution as an archeologist and genealogist, providing helpful clarification of the two methods. A seminal work of historical and philosophical inquiry.