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This book is an attempt to save "the sexual" from the oblivion to
which certain strands in queer theory tend to condemn it, and at
the same time to limit the risks of anti-politics and solipsism
contained in what has been termed antisocial queer theory. It takes
a journey from Sigmund Freud to Mario Mieli and Guy Hocquenghem,
from Michel Foucault and Judith Butler to Teresa de Lauretis, Leo
Bersani, Lee Edelman, and Tim Dean, and from all of these thinkers
back to Immanuel Kant and Thomas Hobbes. At the end, through
readings of Bruce LaBruce's movies on gay zombies, the elitism of
antisocial queer theory is brought into contact with popular
culture. The living dead come to represent a dispossessed form of
subjectivity, whose monstrous drives are counterposed to predatory
desires of liberal individuals. The reader is thus lead into the
interstitial spaces of the Queer Apocalypses, where the past and
the future collapse onto the present, and sexual minorities
resurrect to the chance of a non-heroic political agency.
This is a short and accessible introduction to the complex and
evolving debates around queer theories, advocating for their
critical role in academia and society. The book traces the roots of
queer theories and argues that Foucault owed an important debt to
other European authors including the feminist and homosexual
liberation movements of the 1960-1970s and the anticolonial
movements of the 1950s. Going beyond a simple introduction to queer
theories, this book situates them firmly in a European and Italian
context to offer a crucial set of arguments in defence of LGBTQI+
rights, in defence of the freedom of teaching and research, and in
defence of a radical idea of democracy. The narrative of the book
is divided into three short chapters which can be read
independently or in sequence. The first chapter argues that queer
theories are rooted in the critical philosophical tradition, the
second presents a critique of heterosexism and the binary inherent
to the gender-sex-sexual orientation system, and the third chapter
sketches a history of the queer debate. The book offers a useful
typology of queer theories by sorting them into three basic
paradigms: Freudo-Marxism, radical constructivism, and antisocial
and affective theories, clarifying the complexities of the nature
of the debates for undergraduates. The book is both accessible and
original, and is suitable for both specialist researchers and
undergraduate students new to queer studies. It will be essential
reading for those studying philosophy, sexuality studies and gender
studies.
Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together major
feminist thinkers to debate Cavarero’s call for a postural ethics
of nonviolence and a sociality rooted in bodily interdependence.
Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together three major
feminist thinkers—Adriana Cavarero, Judith Butler, and Bonnie
Honig—to debate Cavarero’s call for a postural ethics of
nonviolence. The book consists of three longer essays by Cavarero,
Butler, and Honig, followed by shorter responses by a range of
scholars that widen the dialogue, drawing on post-Marxism, Italian
feminism, queer theory, and lesbian and gay politics. Together, the
authors contest the boundaries of their common project for a
pluralistic, heterogeneous, but urgent feminist ethics of
nonviolence.
This is a short and accessible introduction to the complex and
evolving debates around queer theories, advocating for their
critical role in academia and society. The book traces the roots of
queer theories and argues that Foucault owed an important debt to
other European authors including the feminist and homosexual
liberation movements of the 1960-1970s and the anticolonial
movements of the 1950s. Going beyond a simple introduction to queer
theories, this book situates them firmly in a European and Italian
context to offer a crucial set of arguments in defence of LGBTQI+
rights, in defence of the freedom of teaching and research, and in
defence of a radical idea of democracy. The narrative of the book
is divided into three short chapters which can be read
independently or in sequence. The first chapter argues that queer
theories are rooted in the critical philosophical tradition, the
second presents a critique of heterosexism and the binary inherent
to the gender-sex-sexual orientation system, and the third chapter
sketches a history of the queer debate. The book offers a useful
typology of queer theories by sorting them into three basic
paradigms: Freudo-Marxism, radical constructivism, and antisocial
and affective theories, clarifying the complexities of the nature
of the debates for undergraduates. The book is both accessible and
original, and is suitable for both specialist researchers and
undergraduate students new to queer studies. It will be essential
reading for those studying philosophy, sexuality studies and gender
studies.
This book is an attempt to save "the sexual" from the oblivion to
which certain strands in queer theory tend to condemn it, and at
the same time to limit the risks of anti-politics and solipsism
contained in what has been termed antisocial queer theory. It takes
a journey from Sigmund Freud to Mario Mieli and Guy Hocquenghem,
from Michel Foucault and Judith Butler to Teresa de Lauretis, Leo
Bersani, Lee Edelman, and Tim Dean, and from all of these thinkers
back to Immanuel Kant and Thomas Hobbes. At the end, through
readings of Bruce LaBruce's movies on gay zombies, the elitism of
antisocial queer theory is brought into contact with popular
culture. The living dead come to represent a dispossessed form of
subjectivity, whose monstrous drives are counterposed to predatory
desires of liberal individuals. The reader is thus lead into the
interstitial spaces of the Queer Apocalypses, where the past and
the future collapse onto the present, and sexual minorities
resurrect to the chance of a non-heroic political agency.
Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together major
feminist thinkers to debate Cavarero's call for a postural ethics
of nonviolence and a sociality rooted in bodily interdependence.
Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together three major
feminist thinkers-Adriana Cavarero, Judith Butler, and Bonnie
Honig-to debate Cavarero's call for a postural ethics of
nonviolence. The book consists of three longer essays by Cavarero,
Butler, and Honig, followed by shorter responses by a range of
scholars that widen the dialogue, drawing on post-Marxism, Italian
feminism, queer theory, and lesbian and gay politics. Together, the
authors contest the boundaries of their common project for a
pluralistic, heterogeneous, but urgent feminist ethics of
nonviolence.
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