Mad for Foucault: Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory by Lynne Huffer (En

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Brand New Description Contemporary critiques of sexuality have their origins in the work of Michel Foucault. Challenging an essentialist understanding of sex, Foucault was the first to develop the idea that sexuality was rooted in discipline and biopolitics, therefore revolutionizing our conception of sex and its relationship to society, economics, and culture. While Foucaults seminal arguments helped to establish the foundations of queer theory and greatly advance feminist critique, Lynne Huffer argues that our interpretation of the theorists powerful ideas remains flawed. Throughout her analysis, Huffer works in her own personal experiences, along with Foucaults, sampling from unpublished interviews and other archival materials. In doing so, she intimately illustrates the problem of rethinking sexuality as a product of reason. Publisher Description Michel Foucault was the first to embed the roots of human sexuality in discipline and biopolitics, therefore revolutionizing our conception of sex and its relationship to society, economics, and culture. Yet over the past two decades, scholars have limited themselves to the study of Foucaults History of Sexuality, volume 1 paying lesser attention to his equally explosive History of Madness. In this earlier volume, Foucault recasts Western rationalism as a project that both produces and represses sexual deviants, calling out the complicity of modern science and the exclusionary nature of family morality. By reclaiming these deft moves, Lynne Huffer teases out exciting new strands of Foucauldian thought. She then revisits the theorists ethical work in light of these discoveries, divining an ethics of eros that sees sexuality as a lived experience we are repeatedly called on to remember. Throughout her study, Huffer weaves her own experiences together with Foucaults, sampling from unpublished interviews and other archived materials in order to intimately rework the problem of sexuality as a product of reason. Author Biography Lynne Huffer is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University and author of Are the Lips a Grave? A Queer Feminist on the Ethics of Sex; Maternal Pasts, Feminist Futures: Nostalgia, Ethics, and the Question of Difference; and Another Colette: The Question of Gendered Writing. Details ISBN 0231149190 ISBN-13 9780231149198 Title Mad for Foucault Author Lynne Huffer Format Paperback Year 2009 Pages 376 Publisher Columbia University Press GE_Item_ID:161836282; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys