The materialist philosophy

The materialist philosophy

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Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade

A short introduction to this album. 

Normalising the abnormal

De Sade's works are filled with violent and sexual excess, but what are his motives for producing such provocative material? Shock, or something more? 

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