The greatest sexual taboo today is not having sex! But sexuality is as much driven by culture as by biology and has over the years played a variety of roles. Fall lecture series at the Black Diamond explores sexuality history of ideas. Starring Peter Thielst, Peter Madsen, Morten Thing, Kristina Stolz and Ellen Hillingsø.

Porn has become every man's (and woman's) own at www, satisfaction of needs of late modernity people is something you have "right" and "sex is as important as food and drink," said the admonitions from all sides. However, sexuality is as much culture, as it is biologically conditioned. There should be no more than a cursory sod in cultural history in order to discover that, for example abstinence not - as today - was equal to meaninglessness in earlier times.

Sexuality is, as a writer, editor and mag. nature. in philosophy, Peter Thielst, describes it in her book Sexuality history of ideas, has been tense for different aesthetic, moral, theological, spiritual, legal and medical projects, and our view of the changes from epoch to epoch and from continent to continent. A good question is why, with the eyes of our descendants will look back on our time, how late modernity has liberated sexuality from the Victorian iron grip - after which it has been subject to rampant market forces, with twisted body ideals to follow.

Fall lecture series at the Black Diamond sheds light on sexuality many roles and initiated by an insight into the history of ideas of sexuality by Peter Thielst d. August 28. October 10 says Emeritus Professor of Modern Culture and Cultural Communication at the University of Copenhagen, Peter Madsen, about the erotic world classic 1001 night, found in highly varied versions depending on the historical epoch and culture, it is released in. And on October 22 says historian , debater and research librarian at Roskilde University, Morten Thing, about pornographic bibliographies and secret museums, while the author, Kristina Stolz, talks about why she writes erotic novels. Actor, Ellen Hillingsø, will read from both classic and modern erotic texts.

The meat desire, tank list:

Peter Thielst, Sexuality history of ideas, on Tuesday. 28 August at. 19th

Peter Madsen and Ellen Hillingsø, 1001 night - love classic through 1200 years, Wednesday 10th. October at. 19th

Morten Thing, Kristina Stolz and Ellen Hillingsø, Pornography, bibliographies and secret museums, Monday. 22 October at. 19th

Prices: 65 kr./stud. 40 kr.