A pioneer in queer theory and literary studies, Eve Kosofsky
Sedgwick brings together for the first time in "Touching Feeling"
her most powerful explorations of emotion and expression. In essays
that show how her groundbreaking work in queer theory has developed
into a deep interest in affect, Sedgwick offers what she calls
"tools and techniques for nondualistic thought," in the process
touching and transforming such theoretical discourses as
psychoanalysis, speech-act theory, Western Buddhism, and the
Foucauldian "hermeneutics of suspicion."
In prose sometimes somber, often high-spirited, and always
accessible and moving, "Touching Feeling "interrogates--through
virtuoso readings of works by Henry James, J. L. Austin, Judith
Butler, the psychologist Silvan Tomkins and others--emotion in many
forms. What links the work of teaching to the experience of
illness? How can shame become an engine for queer politics,
performance, and pleasure? Is sexuality more like an affect or a
drive? Is paranoia the only realistic epistemology for modern
intellectuals? Ultimately, Sedgwick's unfashionable commitment to
the truth of happiness propels a book as open-hearted as it is
intellectually daring.
General
| Imprint: |
Duke University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Series Q |
| Release date: |
2003 |
| First published: |
2003 |
| Authors: |
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
195 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8223-3015-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-8223-3015-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780822330158 |
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