The divine Marquis' ethical project: Sade and the "turn to religion" in postmodernist philosophy

This thesis argues that Sade’s work constitutes a transgressive ethical project that cannot escape Christian ethical categories. According to the logic of transgression Sade must invoke and reinstate those limits and categories – such as good/evil, vice/virtue, sacred/profane – that he destroys. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Russell, Melissa Michele
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/357