Beyond Sexuality (Hardcover)

"Beyond Sexuality" points contemporary sexual politics in a radically new direction. Combining a psychoanalytic emphasis on the unconscious with a deep respect for the historical variability of sexual identities, this original work of queer theory makes the case for viewing erotic desire as fundamentally impersonal. Tim Dean develops a reading of Jacques Lacan that--rather than straightening out this notoriously difficult French psychoanalyst--brings out the queer tensions and productive incoherencies in his account of desire.
Dean shows how the Lacanian unconscious "deheterosexualizes" desire, and along the way he reveals how psychoanalytic thinkers as well as queer theorists have failed to exploit the full potential of this conception of desire. The book elaborates this by investigating social fantasies about homosexuality and AIDS, including gay men's own fantasies about sex and promiscuity, in an attempt to illuminate the challenges facing safe-sex education. Taking on many shibboleths in contemporary psychoanalysis and queer theory--and taking no prisoners--"Beyond Sexuality" offers an antidote to hagiographical strains in recent work on psychoanalysis, Foucault, and sexuality.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2000
First published:	September 2000
Authors:	Tim Dean
Dimensions:	240 x 168 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-13934-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Sexual behaviour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory Promotions
LSN:	0-226-13934-4
Barcode:	9780226139340

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