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.

This book brings together an international roster of renowned scholars from disciplines including philosophy, political theory, intellectual history, and literary studies to address the conceptual foundations of the humanities and the ...

This work explores how barebackers think about transmitting HIV, especially the idea that deliberately sharing it establishes a new network of kinship among the infected.

""Hatred of Sex" utilizes Jacques Rancière's thesis in "Hatred of Democracy" to help explain the aversion to sex that, in numerous forms, is observed in the culture around us"--

Bringing together contributors from disciplines including philosophy, political theory, intellectual theory and literary studies, this volume addresses the conceptual foundations of the humanities and the question of their future.

As a result, porn has become a site for the production of knowledge, as well as the production of pleasure. The essays in this collection address the historically and culturally varied interactions between porn and the archive.

Praise for How We Became Human: 'In the battle of our genes, our minds, our souls, which wins? Hate and love, good and evil, right and wrong. Let Tim Dean unlock the mystery of being human.