Posts Tagged: sexuality

Alain Badiou – “Sex in Crisis” in The Century

Against Subjectivation and Signification: Alain Badiou’s “Sex in Crisis” In the book, The Century, in which this article “Sex in Crisis” is included, Alain Badiou analyzes the twentieth century by asking whether the past century has reached to the historical

Alain Badiou – “Sex in Crisis” in The Century

Against Subjectivation and Signification: Alain Badiou’s “Sex in Crisis” In the book, The Century, in which this article “Sex in Crisis” is included, Alain Badiou analyzes the twentieth century by asking whether the past century has reached to the historical

Linda Williams – Hard Core

Linda Williams, Hard Core, U of California Press, 1989. Why is pornography regarded as a dangerous and suppressive matter for somebody, and why is it thought as a site of liberation, or at least a site of struggle for freedom?

Linda Williams – Hard Core

Linda Williams, Hard Core, U of California Press, 1989. Why is pornography regarded as a dangerous and suppressive matter for somebody, and why is it thought as a site of liberation, or at least a site of struggle for freedom?

Michael Warner – Publics and Counterpublics

Michael Warner, Publics and Counterpublics, Zone Books, 2002. Why is sexuality (or body) problematic in the realm of politics? Why is it the problem of politics any way? First of all, we can think of the answer in terms of,

Michael Warner – Publics and Counterpublics

Michael Warner, Publics and Counterpublics, Zone Books, 2002. Why is sexuality (or body) problematic in the realm of politics? Why is it the problem of politics any way? First of all, we can think of the answer in terms of,

Lauren Berlant – The Queen of America Goes to Washington City + Ken Plummer – Intimate Citizenship

       Lauren Berlant, The Queen of America Goes to Washington City: Essay on Sex and Citizenship, Duke UP, 1997. Ken Plummer, “Public Intimacies, Private Citizens,” Intimate Citizenship, U of Washington Press, 2003. Berlant’s book is a quite dense

Lauren Berlant – The Queen of America Goes to Washington City + Ken Plummer – Intimate Citizenship

       Lauren Berlant, The Queen of America Goes to Washington City: Essay on Sex and Citizenship, Duke UP, 1997. Ken Plummer, “Public Intimacies, Private Citizens,” Intimate Citizenship, U of Washington Press, 2003. Berlant’s book is a quite dense

Anthony Giddens – The Transformation of Intimacy

Anthony Giddens, The Transformation of Intimacy: Sexuality, Love and Eroticism in Modern Society, Stanford UP, 1992. It is an interesting idea that romantic love is a product of modernity – or, at least, was accompanied with the process of modernization.

Anthony Giddens – The Transformation of Intimacy

Anthony Giddens, The Transformation of Intimacy: Sexuality, Love and Eroticism in Modern Society, Stanford UP, 1992. It is an interesting idea that romantic love is a product of modernity – or, at least, was accompanied with the process of modernization.