Sexual difference between psychoanalysis and vitalism

Saldanha, Arun and Song, Hoon, eds. (2013) Sexual difference between psychoanalysis and vitalism. Taylor & Francis, London. ISBN 9780415836869

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Throughout the twentieth century, psychoanalysis and feminism were the practico-intellectual fields most systematic and subversive in demonstrating that humanity is sexually fissured. More recently, further advances in the philosophy of difference and renewed emphases on embodiment, materiality and life offer possibilities for attending to dimensions of gender and sexuality that were previously underdeveloped. This collection examines these possibilities insofar as they can either deepen or displace the traditional centrality of psychoanalysis in matters sexual. The authors come from a wide range of backgrounds and defend their approaches to the problem of sexual difference in a variety of idioms, drawing on key thinkers such as Lacan, Irigaray, Deleuze, Foucault and Badiou. It is rare to come across these thinkers together; but sex is too crucial a site for critical thought not to mobilize every conceptual power available.

Item Type:
Book/Report/Proceedings
Additional Information:
This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Angelaki: The Journal of the Theoretical Humanities.
Subjects:
?? sexual differencefeminist theorypsychoanalytical theoryvitalism ??
ID Code:
62394
Deposited By:
Deposited On:
09 Apr 2013 08:23
Refereed?:
No
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
16 Jul 2024 06:29