Reading Sade Today
Desire
Clara Serra, Marta Segarra and Begonya Saez Tajafuerce
In the work of Sade, fulfilment of boundless desire can lead to freedom but also to evil. The philosophers Clara Serra and Marta Segarra speak about the relationship between desire and free will in a conversation moderated by Begonya Saez Tajafuerce.
Politics
Éric Marty & Albert Mestres
The essayist Éric Marty speaks with writer and translator Albert Mestres about the political reading of Sade’s work, perhaps the dimension of his texts that is the least known to the general publica, nd its relationship with the present.
Morality
Joan-Carles Mèlich & Laura Llevadot
The morality and its role when it comes to deciding what is considered socially acceptable was one of the key themes of Sade’s work. The philosophers Joan-Carles Mèlich and Laura Llevadot discuss the relationship between cruelty and morality in Sade's work.
Trangression
Juan Francisco Ferré, María Santana and Eloy Fernández Porta
Sade’s questioning the norms of gender, freedom, and evil resulted in his being imprisoned and socially ostracised. But a century later, he was to become a source of inspiration for those thinkers who wished to overturn the status quo.