The Relationship Between Sexuality and the Rise of Capitalism

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Chidi argues that in the creation of modern forms of sexuality, what is the relationship as Chidi sees it between producers and the means of production. He sort of like thinks of male homosexuality as having afforded these interesting opportunities across time for thinking outside the box,. The questions those experiences raise are actually quite deep and possibly deeper than maybe somebody even like Foucault wanted to think about.

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