Description
Book SynopsisPresents a collection of essays that provides a reassessment of the question of sexual difference, taking into account important shifts in feminist thought, post-humanist theories, and queer studies. This book offers insights into the complex question of sexual difference from a post-feminist perspective.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Force of Sexual Difference Chapter 3 A Difference of Origin Chapter 4 From Sexual Difference to the Way of Breath: Towards a Feminist Ontology of Ourselves Chapter 5 "Traces of Otherness" Chapter 6 Nietzsche in the Feminine? Questioning Nietzche's Will to Power Chapter 7 Matter, Sexual Difference, and Death in Aristotle Chapter 8 Secrets and Drive Chapter 9 The Depressed Sex: Sublimation and Sexual Difference Chapter 10 Out of the National Closet:Show Me Love Chapter 11 Differences That Matter? Or: What Is Feminist Critique? Chapter 12 "Through Desire and Love": Simone de Beauvoir on the Possibilities of Sexual Desire