Sexuality and Moral Concerns: A Study with Special Reference to Foucault's The History of Sexuality

The PhD thesis explores the philosophy of sex and raises questions about sexuality and moral concerns through a Foucauldian Perspective. There is a discussion on basic concepts like power, knowledge, discourse, freedom and self. It focuses on establishing Foucault as a distinctive philosopher who sets morals as an agenda of alteration. There is an attempt not only to analyse but also to engage with Foucauldian methodology. Thus, in addition to methodological issues in Foucault’s philosophy and history, the thesis also maps the case of the LGBT movement in the Indian context while referring to the psychoanalytic theory of sexuality in India.