| Blind Date: Sex and Philosophy Contributor(s): Dufourmantelle, Anne (Author), Porter, Catherine (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0252074882 ISBN-13: 9780252074882 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: Bringing sex and philosophy together on a blind date, Anne Dufourmantelle's provocative study uses this analogy to uncover and examine philosophy's 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 marked deletion of sexual topics and themes from philosophical works, while also opening doors for their union. Inviting readers to remember that thought does not require repressed desire, Dufourmantelle argues that sex is everywhere, and it affects all kinds of thinking. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Criticism - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) |
| Dewey: 306.701 |
| LCCN: 2007015799 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.84" W x 8.93" (0.49 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bringing sex and philosophy together on a blind date, Anne Dufourmantelle's provocative study uses this anthology to uncover and examine philosophy's blind spot. |