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Book Synopsis
Sexistence develops a new philosophical account of sexuality that troubles our conceptions of existence.

Table of Contents

Preliminaries | 1
A. Fatality? | 1
B. Liberation? | 5
C. Philosophy? | 10
D. Drive? | 17
E. Unsayable? | 21
1. Lifting | 26
2. Transmission | 28
3. Appropriation | 30
4. Fiction | 32
5. Real | 35
6. History | 38
7. Technics and Transcendence | 41
8. Excessive Nature | 45
9. Desire | 50
10. Continuous, Discontinuous | 53
11. Devouring | 57
12. Ass in Air | 61
13. Penetration | 66
14. Too Much, Too Little | 70
15. Sex Singular Plural | 74
16. not a word / I lacked | 79
17. Joy | 84
18. Troubles | 89
19. Love Unto Death | 97
20. Love Unto Life | 101
21. Erotic Novel | 108
Postlude | 119
Superfluous Supplement | 120
Notes | 123

Sexistence

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      Book details

      Publisher Fordham University Press
      Published 4 May 2021
      ISBN-13 9780823294008
      978-0823294008
      ISBN-10 0823294005
      Also in:
      Literary theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sexistence develops a new philosophical account of sexuality that troubles our conceptions of existence.

      Table of Contents

      Preliminaries | 1
      A. Fatality? | 1
      B. Liberation? | 5
      C. Philosophy? | 10
      D. Drive? | 17
      E. Unsayable? | 21
      1. Lifting | 26
      2. Transmission | 28
      3. Appropriation | 30
      4. Fiction | 32
      5. Real | 35
      6. History | 38
      7. Technics and Transcendence | 41
      8. Excessive Nature | 45
      9. Desire | 50
      10. Continuous, Discontinuous | 53
      11. Devouring | 57
      12. Ass in Air | 61
      13. Penetration | 66
      14. Too Much, Too Little | 70
      15. Sex Singular Plural | 74
      16. not a word / I lacked | 79
      17. Joy | 84
      18. Troubles | 89
      19. Love Unto Death | 97
      20. Love Unto Life | 101
      21. Erotic Novel | 108
      Postlude | 119
      Superfluous Supplement | 120
      Notes | 123

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