{"product_id":"homo-psyche-on-queer-theory-and-erotophobia-hardcover","title":"Homo Psyche: On Queer Theory and Erotophobia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGila Ashtor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Alan Bray Memorial Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 Lammy Finalist, LGBTQ Studies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan queer theory be \u003ci\u003eerotophobic\u003c\/i\u003e? This book proceeds from the perplexing observation that for all of its political agita, rhetorical virtuosity, and intellectual restlessness, queer theory conforms to a model of erotic life that is psychologically conservative and narrow. Even after several decades of combative, dazzling, irreverent queer critical thought, the field remains far from grasping that sexuality's radical potential lies in its being understood as \"exogenous, intersubjective and intrusive\" (Laplanche). In particular, and despite the pervasiveness and popularity of recent calls to deconstruct the ideological foundations of contemporary queer thought, no study has as yet considered or in any way investigated the singular role of psychology in shaping the field's conceptual impasses and politico-ethical limitations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough close readings of key thinkers in queer theoretical thought--Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Leo Bersani, Lee Edelman, Judith Butler, Lauren Berlant, and Jane Gallop--\u003ci\u003eHomo Psyche\u003c\/i\u003e introduces metapsychology as a new dimension of analysis vis-à-vis the theories of French psychoanalyst Jean Laplanche, who insisted on \"new foundations for psychoanalysis\" that radically departed from existing Freudian and Lacanian models of the mind. Staging this intervention, Ashtor deepens current debates about the future of queer studies by demonstrating how the field's systematic neglect of metapsychology as a necessary and independent realm of ideology ultimately enforces the complicity of queer studies with psychological conventions that are fundamentally erotophobic and therefore inimical to queer theory's radical and ethical project.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGila Ashtor\u003c\/b\u003e is a critical theorist, psychoanalyst, and writer. She teaches at Columbia University and is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She trained at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) and is the the author of a book on psychoanalytic theory, \u003ci\u003eExigent Psychoanalysis: The Interventions of Jean Laplanche\u003c\/i\u003e, and an experimental memoir, \u003ci\u003eAural History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51786716021024,"sku":"9780823294169","price":196.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9060b031ee6473dcc0eaf5d59156ed89.webp?v=1780638349","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/homo-psyche-on-queer-theory-and-erotophobia-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}