{"product_id":"sexistence-hardback-9780823294008","title":"Sexistence (Hardback) 9780823294008","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSexistence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJean-Luc Nancy (Author), Steven Miller (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823294008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 May 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages, 1 b\/w illustration\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSex, more than just a part of our experience, troubles our conceptions of existence. \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on a fascinating array of sources, ancient and modern, philosophical and literary, Jean-Luc Nancy explores and upholds the form-giving thrust of the drive. Nancy reminds us that we are more comfortable with the drama of prohibitions, ideals, repression, transgression, and destruction, which often hamper thinking about sex and gender, than with the affirmation of an originary trouble at the limits of language that divides being and opens the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSexistence\u003c\/i\u003e develops a new philosophical account of sexuality that resonates with contemporary research on gender and biopolitics. Without attempting to be comprehensive, the book ranges from the ancient world through psychoanalysis to discover the turbulence of the drive at the heart of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreliminaries\u003c\/i\u003e   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA.\u003c\/b\u003e Fatality?   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eB.\u003c\/b\u003e Liberation?   5\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eC.\u003c\/b\u003e Philosophy?   10\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eD.\u003c\/b\u003e Drive?   17\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eE. \u003c\/b\u003eUnsayable?   21\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1. \u003c\/b\u003eLifting   26\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2. \u003c\/b\u003eTransmission   28\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3.\u003c\/b\u003e Appropriation   30\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4.\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction   32\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5. \u003c\/b\u003eReal   35\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6.\u003c\/b\u003e History   38\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7.\u003c\/b\u003e Technics and Transcendence   41\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8.\u003c\/b\u003e Excessive Nature   45\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e9. \u003c\/b\u003eDesire   50\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e10.\u003c\/b\u003e Continuous, Discontinuous   53\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e11.\u003c\/b\u003e Devouring   57\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e12.\u003c\/b\u003e Ass in Air   61\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e13.\u003c\/b\u003e Penetration   66\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e14.\u003c\/b\u003e Too Much, Too Little   70\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e15.\u003c\/b\u003e Sex Singular Plural   74\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e16.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003enot a word \/ I lacked \u003c\/i\u003e  79\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e17. \u003c\/b\u003eJoy   84\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e18. \u003c\/b\u003eTroubles   89\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e19.\u003c\/b\u003e Love Unto Death   97\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e20.\u003c\/b\u003e Love Unto Life   101\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e21. \u003c\/b\u003eErotic Novel   108\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePostlude\u003c\/i\u003e   119\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSuperfluous\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSupplement\u003c\/i\u003e   120\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e   123\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580427432216,"sku":"9780823294008","price":63.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sexistence-hardback-9780823294008","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}