Abbott Elizabeth: Istorija celibata

Name: Istorija celibata
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Author: Abbott Elizabeth

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Author: Abbott Elizabeth
Publisher: Geopoetika
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Condition: Nova knjiga
Code: 80484

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Istorija celibata

Abbott Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Abbott: The History of Celibacy

What and why didn't happen in the bedrooms of history? This book tells us about this through a whole series of fascinating, vivid and real stories about individuals.

Ivana of Orleans belonged to him. And Sir Isaac Newton. Monks vow to belong to that group. Prisoners have no other choice. History tells us of many declared celibates, and today's society shows a renewed interest in celibacy. But what leads people to give up sex, an activity that stimulates, enchants, disturbs and delights the rest of us?

In her interesting and challenging study of celibacy, Elizabeth Abbott exposed the traditional assumption of celibacy as a purely religious idea of little relevance to worldly life. A vivid depiction of history, accompanied by many examples, gives us insights not only into our religious practice, but also into our sexual desires and changing attitudes about gender and physical health.

Describing the vestal virgins of ancient Rome who would be buried alive as a punishment if they broke their vows, as well as contemporary athletes who save their seeds in order to achieve the best possible success, talking about celibacy as a guarantee of marriage and forced celibacy of prisoners, eunuchs and girls placed in a convent against their will, Elizabeth Abbott presents celibacy from a human point of view, introducing us to the suffering of a castrated boy destined for an operatic career, to the ecstasy of a woman whose renunciation of sex brings visions of Christ, as well as to the rage of a bachelor whose fate is determined by the excess of men in contemporary China.

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