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The Sexual Constitution of Political Authority - The 'Trials' of Same-Sex Desire (Hardcover)
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The Sexual Constitution of Political Authority - The 'Trials' of Same-Sex Desire (Hardcover)
Series: Social Justice
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While there is no shortage of studies addressing the state's
regulation of the sexual, research into the ways in which the
sexual governs the state and its attributes is still in its
infancy. The Sexual Constitution of Political Authority argues that
there are good reasons to suppose that our understandings of state
power quiver with erotic undercurrents. The book maintains, more
specifically, that the relationship between ideas of political
authority and male same-sex desire is especially fraught. Through a
series of case studies where a statesman's same-sex desire was put
on trial (either literally or metaphorically) as a problem for the
good exercise of public powers, the book shows the resilience and
adaptability of cultural beliefs in the incompatibility between
public office and male same-sex desire. Some of the case studies
analysed are familiar ground for both political/constitutional
history and the history of sexuality. The Sexual Constitution of
Political Authority argues, however, that only by systematically
reading questions of institutional politics and questions of
sexuality through each other will we have access to the most
interesting insights that a study of these trials can generate.
Whether they involve obscure public officials or iconic rulers such
as Hadrian and James I, these compelling fragments of queer history
reveal that the disavowal of male same-sex desire has been, and
partly remains, central to mainstream understandings of political
authority.
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