Sexual Justice - Democratic Citizenship and the Politics of Desire (Paperback, New)

"Sexual Justice" argues that the achievement of equality for lesbian and gay citizens is part of the unfinished business of modern democracy. In Romer v. Evans the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Colorado's Amendment 2 is unconstitutional because it denies homosexuals "equal protection of the laws" and makes them second-class citizens. But lesbian and gay men already suffer pervasive legal disabilities: half the states define relations between members of the same sex as a crime; only eight states protect queer citizens from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations; no state grants same-sex couples the rights available to heterosexuals who marry.
"Sexual Justice" develops the full implications of equal citizenship, defending a robust conception of lesbian and gay rights that includes civil rights laws that prohibit retaliation for the exercise of political rights and recognition for queer relationships and families. Kaplan insists that sexualdesire plays a central role in the pursuit of happiness: individuals must be free to shape their lives and define their personal identities through a variety of "voluntary associations." He connects the marginalization of lesbians and gay men with efforts to maintain the subordination of women. The argument draws on law, philosophy, psychoanalysis, history, and literature, focusing especially on Plato, Thoreau, Freud, Rawls, Arendt, and Foucault.
"Sexual Justice" should be of interest to a general audience concerned with human rights and social justice as well as to scholars interested in lesbian, gay and queer studies, philosophy, political and legal theory, intellectual history, cultural studies and feminism.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	Morris B Kaplan
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-90515-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-90515-X
Barcode:	9780415905152

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