Introduction: Cellos, Velvet, and the State; One: Where Is the State of Pleasuria?; Two: Let’s Spend a Quiet Evening in the Cave; Three: Guess Why?; Four: Spasmo Numero Uno, Con Due; Five: BigMouth; Six: The Senses: Everyone Has a Native Guide; Seven: The Power of Pleasure / The Pleasure of Power
Lionel Tiger
-In a freewheeling...provocative exploration of what motivates us
most powerfully, Tiger seeks to establish the moral, scientific and
political authority of entitlement....His observations offer fresh,
intriguing perspectives.- --Publishers Weekly -Tiger explores how
sex, food, smell, warmth and other sensual pleasures have yielded
advantages to man and are rooted in our physiological
prehistory....His major point is that pleasure is positive,
desirable, delicious, demanding and worth pursuing....The Pursuit
of Pleasure is a great idea for a book.- --Washington Times
-Throughout these pages, this Lionel is a tiger of a writer: witty,
frank, elegant and insightful.- --Los Angeles Times Book Review
"In a freewheeling...provocative exploration of what motivates us
most powerfully, Tiger seeks to establish the moral, scientific and
political authority of entitlement....His observations offer fresh,
intriguing perspectives." --Publishers Weekly "Tiger explores how
sex, food, smell, warmth and other sensual pleasures have yielded
advantages to man and are rooted in our physiological
prehistory....His major point is that pleasure is positive,
desirable, delicious, demanding and worth pursuing....The Pursuit
of Pleasure is a great idea for a book." --Washington Times
"Throughout these pages, this Lionel is a tiger of a writer: witty,
frank, elegant and insightful." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
"In a freewheeling...provocative exploration of what motivates us
most powerfully, Tiger seeks to establish the moral, scientific and
political authority of entitlement....His observations offer fresh,
intriguing perspectives." --Publishers Weekly "Tiger explores how
sex, food, smell, warmth and other sensual pleasures have yielded
advantages to man and are rooted in our physiological
prehistory....His major point is that pleasure is positive,
desirable, delicious, demanding and worth pursuing....The Pursuit
of Pleasure is a great idea for a book." --Washington Times
"Throughout these pages, this Lionel is a tiger of a writer: witty,
frank, elegant and insightful." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
In a free-wheeling, uneven but frequently provocative exploration of what motivates us most powerfully, Tiger ( Men in Groups ) seeks ``to establish the moral, scientific and political authority of pleasure.'' Claiming that pleasure is ``an evolutionary entitlement,'' he examines the physiological, intellectual and psychosocial roots of our drives toward sex, eating, satisfying work and states of consciousness commonly induced by drugs. His stands on controversial issues do not fall into any predictable pattern--while urging a more liberal attitude toward sexuality among teenagers, he is firmly opposed to legalizing drugs. Cheerfully exhorting us to enjoy ourselves more fully than our puritan heritage sanctions, Tiger is a forceful, if sometimes glib, social historian. While his research doesn't break new ground, his observations on, for example, modern eating habits and the differences between male and female sexuality offer fresh, intriguing perspectives. (Jan.)
-In a freewheeling...provocative exploration of what motivates us most powerfully, Tiger seeks to establish the moral, scientific and political authority of entitlement....His observations offer fresh, intriguing perspectives.-
--Publishers Weekly
-Tiger explores how sex, food, smell, warmth and other sensual pleasures have yielded advantages to man and are rooted in our physiological prehistory....His major point is that pleasure is positive, desirable, delicious, demanding and worth pursuing....The Pursuit of Pleasure is a great idea for a book.-
--Washington Times
-Throughout these pages, this Lionel is a tiger of a writer: witty, frank, elegant and insightful.-
--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"In a freewheeling...provocative exploration of what motivates us most powerfully, Tiger seeks to establish the moral, scientific and political authority of entitlement....His observations offer fresh, intriguing perspectives."
--Publishers Weekly
"Tiger explores how sex, food, smell, warmth and other sensual pleasures have yielded advantages to man and are rooted in our physiological prehistory....His major point is that pleasure is positive, desirable, delicious, demanding and worth pursuing....The Pursuit of Pleasure is a great idea for a book."
--Washington Times
"Throughout these pages, this Lionel is a tiger of a writer: witty, frank, elegant and insightful."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"In a freewheeling...provocative exploration of what motivates us most powerfully, Tiger seeks to establish the moral, scientific and political authority of entitlement....His observations offer fresh, intriguing perspectives." --Publishers Weekly "Tiger explores how sex, food, smell, warmth and other sensual pleasures have yielded advantages to man and are rooted in our physiological prehistory....His major point is that pleasure is positive, desirable, delicious, demanding and worth pursuing....The Pursuit of Pleasure is a great idea for a book." --Washington Times "Throughout these pages, this Lionel is a tiger of a writer: witty, frank, elegant and insightful." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
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