Sexuality and the Ethical Construction of the Self
Author: Kenneth E. Munn
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13:
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The History of Sexuality
Author: Michel Foucault
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1990-04-14
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 0679724699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy we are so fascinated with sex and sexuality—from the preeminent philosopher of the 20th century. Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze and discuss sex, and of the social and mental mechanisms of power that cause us to direct the questions of what we are to what our sexuality is.
Gender and Sexuality
Author: Momin Rahman
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2010-12-06
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0745633773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new introduction to the sociology of gender and sexuality provides fresh insight into our rapidly changing attitudes towards sex and our understanding of masculine and feminine identities, relating the study of gender and sexuality to recent research and theory, and wider social concerns throughout the world.
Just Love
Author: Margaret Farley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2008-02-15
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 144114420X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the 2008 Grawemeyer Award in Religion This long-awaited book by one of American Christianity's foremost ethicists proposes a framework for sexual ethics whereby justice is the criterion for all loving, including love that is related to sexual activity and relationships. It begins with historical and cross-cultural explorations, then addresses the large questions of embodiment, gender, and sexuality, and finally delineates the justice framework for sexual ethics. Though Just Love's particular focus is Christian sexual ethics, Farley's framework is broad enough to have relevance for multiple traditions. Also covered are specific issues in sexual ethics, including same-sex relationships, marriage and family, divorce and second marriage.
Constructing the Self
Author: Valérie Nicolet-Anderson
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9783161516993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing some of the works of Michel Foucault (1926-1984) as a conversation partner, Valerie Nicolet-Anderson focuses on the manner in which Paul constructs the identity of his audience in his letter to the Romans. In particular, she analyzes how the notions of autonomy and self-agency function for both authors. In this dialogue, Valerie Nicolet-Anderson examines whether Paul can still play a relevant part in contemporary discussions around the notion of identity. The approach to Paul presents a narrative reading of Romans and displays an interdisciplinary hermeneutics which brings together New Testament exegesis and post-modern philosophy. The author constructs a dynamic picture of Paul as engaged in the shaping of the ethos of his communities through various strategies. She highlights Paul's actuality, reflecting the current use of Paul by continental philosophers and invites more interdisciplinary reflection between exegesis and philosophy.
The Ethical Slut
Author: Dossie Easton
Publisher: Greenery Press (CA)
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13:
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Beyond Critique
Author: Bradley A. Levinson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-12-03
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1317263189
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book introduces educational practitioners, students, and scholars to the people, concepts, questions, and concerns that make up the field of critical social theory. It guides readers into a lively conversation about how education can and does contribute to reinforcing or challenging relations of domination in the modern era. Written by a group of experienced educators and scholars, in an engaging style, Critical Social Theories and Education introduces and explains the preeminent thinkers and traditions in critical social theory, and discusses the primary strands of educational research and thought that have been informed and influenced by them.
Thinking Sex with the Great Whore
Author: Luis Menéndez-Antuña
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-04-17
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1351392492
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany scholars in Biblical and Revelation studies have written at length about the imperial and patriarchal implications of the figure of the Whore of Babylon. However, much of the focus has been on the links to the Roman Empire and ancient attitudes towards gender. This book adds another layer to the conversation around this evocative figure by pursuing an ideological critique of the Great Whore that takes into account contemporary understandings of sexuality, and in so doing advances a de-moralization of apparent sexual deviancy both in the present and in the past. Offering an emancipatory reading of Revelation 17-18 using Foucauldian, postcolonial and queer historiographies, this study sets out alternative paths for identity construction in Biblical texts. By using these alternative critical lenses, the author argues that the common neglect of the ethical and political impact of Biblical texts in the present can be overcome. This, in turn, allows for fresh reflection on the study of the Bible and its implications for progressive politics. Situated at the intersection of Revelation Studies, Biblical Studies and Hermeneutics, as well as Contextual/Liberationist Theologies and Queer and Postcolonial Criticism, this is a cutting edge study that will be of keen interest to scholars of Theology and Religious Studies.
The Invention of Heterosexuality
Author: Jonathan Ned Katz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2014-12-10
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 022630762X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Heterosexuality,” assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm, has been largely exempt from critical scrutiny. In this boldly original work, Jonathan Ned Katz challenges the common notion that the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality has been a timeless one. Building on the history of medical terminology, he reveals that as late as 1923, the term “heterosexuality” referred to a "morbid sexual passion," and that its current usage emerged to legitimate men and women having sex for pleasure. Drawing on the works of Sigmund Freud, James Baldwin, Betty Friedan, and Michel Foucault, The Invention of Heterosexuality considers the effects of heterosexuality’s recently forged primacy on both scientific literature and popular culture. “Lively and provocative.”—Carol Tavris, New York Times Book Review “A valuable primer . . . misses no significant twists in sexual politics.”—Gary Indiana, Village Voice Literary Supplement “One of the most important—if not outright subversive—works to emerge from gay and lesbian studies in years.”—Mark Thompson, The Advocate
Le Deuxième Sexe
Author: Simone de Beauvoir
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 791
ISBN-13: 0679724516
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.
