Tyranny is making waves, and so much the better! It is starting a great debate over how we can reconstitute, re-invent, and shore up ways of resisting the harshness of contemporary society.
L'Humanité

Unlike most books on this topic, Guillebaud overcomes the compartmentalized approach to analyses of sexuality and sets his reflections in the contexts of history, psychoanalysis, anthropology, philosophy and demography.
Magazine Littéraire

This is a book that will be talked about. Guillebaud performs a balancing act between anathema and understanding; discussing the values that should be retained and the taboos that have rightly been abolished, he seeks to "contribute to our struggle to get our bearings" in our "everything goes"society.
Le Figaro Littéraire

As a rule, Guillebaud writes intriguing books and this one, like the others, is remarkably well-written, erudite and intelligent.
Le Nouvel Politis

Looking back through Guillebaud's dispassionate eyes, the last 30 years make me shiver. The way this book has been received proves that it addresses a very real concern.
Quotidien Jurassien

A remarkably well-documented essay; a work to be read for its indispensable clarity with regard to the choices we have to make.
Imagine

Jean-Claude Guillebaud dares to step beyond what is sexually correct, with The Tyranny of Pleasure (referring to Plato's "Tyrant Eros"). This is a true intellectual work.
La Vie

In this lucid book, the key word turns out to be "liberty." For what Guillebaud denounces is ur servile capitulation - to current trends more than to desire, to conformity more than to temperament, and to profit more than to joy.
Sud-Ouest Dimanche

The repentance of a Sixties liberal: 30 years after the sexual revolution, permissivity and its consequences are vigorously denounced by Jean-Claude Guillebaud.
Famille Chrétienne