Sexual restraint and male identity in rabbinic ethics and Maharal's further elaborations: applying Foucalt's idea of subjectivation to Jewish legal and ethical texts

Abstract

Applying Foucalt's conception of subjectivation which in his history of sexuality denotes a man's wish to constitute himself as an ethical subject and curb his sexual apetite, this monograph chapter inquires into the rabbinic techniques of sexual restraint, and the construnctions of masculine identity.

Keywords

• Maharal
• Foucalt
• Judaism
• Sexuality
• Halakhah
• Ethics