Foucault, Michel, Confessions of the Flesh

Humanae Vitae was his last encyclical that is widely remembered for being a landmark document stating the Catholic Church's view on contraceptives, the family, and, notable for this review, the two goals of marriage-union and procreation. 2 He sought to clarify the Church's official stand vis--vis the progressive social climate of the time, and this view was further explained in the context of the Sacrament of Marriage in the eventual publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church more than 30 years later. 3 On this point does Michel Foucault's Confessions of the Flesh spark immense interest. The English translation of Les aveux de la chair published in 2021 is the last installment to the History of Sexuality series, a planned six-work investigation into sexuality as an object of discourse. However only four books have been published, none corresponding to what Foucault initially envisioned. This current fourth book was intended to be the series' second installment yet far from the exact scope. Upon completion of its initial draft, Foucault, though sought the need to probe the Greco-Roman world-thus books two and three

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