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Blind Date: Sex and Philosophy
Anne Dufourmantelle
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Description for Blind Date: Sex and Philosophy
Paperback. Although sex and philosophy have much in common, however, they have scarcely known one another. This study explains why philosophy has never been fully sexualized nor sex really philosophized. It highlights the marked deletion of sexual topics and themes from philosophical works, while also opening doors for their union. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
Bringing sex and philosophy together on a blind date, Anne Dufourmantelle\u2019s provocative study uses this analogy to uncover and examine philosophy\u2019s blind spot. Delightful and startling comparisons spring from the date: both sex and philosophy are dangerous, both are socially subversive, and both are obsessions. Although sex and philosophy have much in common, however, they have scarcely known one another until now. Socrates and Diogenes had little to say about sex, and although it was notoriously explored by the Marquis de Sade, this study explains why philosophy has never been fully sexualized nor sex really philosophized. Blind Date highlights the ... Read more
Bringing sex and philosophy together on a blind date, Anne Dufourmantelle\u2019s provocative study uses this analogy to uncover and examine philosophy\u2019s blind spot. Delightful and startling comparisons spring from the date: both sex and philosophy are dangerous, both are socially subversive, and both are obsessions. Although sex and philosophy have much in common, however, they have scarcely known one another until now. Socrates and Diogenes had little to say about sex, and although it was notoriously explored by the Marquis de Sade, this study explains why philosophy has never been fully sexualized nor sex really philosophized. Blind Date highlights the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
219g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252074882
SKU
V9780252074882
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About Anne Dufourmantelle
Anne Dufourmantelle's books include (with Avital Ronell) Fighting Theory and (with Jacques Derrida) Of Hospitality. Catherine Porter is a professor emerita of French, SUNY Cortland.
Reviews for Blind Date: Sex and Philosophy
This wide-ranging, provocative book is partly philosophical, partly a literary evocation of the pleasures and difficulties of sex and of thinking.
Times Higher Education And what if the paradox proposed by the philosophical life were precisely this: that underneath it all there is nothing to think but the body? The body as origin and space of thought, the body ... Read more
Times Higher Education And what if the paradox proposed by the philosophical life were precisely this: that underneath it all there is nothing to think but the body? The body as origin and space of thought, the body ... Read more