Sex and Nothing - Hardcover

Cerda-Rueda, Alejandro

 
9780367103682: Sex and Nothing
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0367103680 ISBN 13: 9780367103682
Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

From its etymological roots, sex is related to a scission, Latin for sectus, secare, meaning "to divide or cut." Therefore, regardless of the various studies applied to defining sex as inscribed by discursive acts, i.e. merely a 'performatively enacted signification,' there is something more to sex than just a social construction or an aprioristic substance. Sex is irreducible to meaning or knowledge. This is why psychoanalysis cannot be formulated as an erotology nor a science of sex (scientia sexualis). In this matter, sex escapes the symbolic restraints of language; however, it is through its failure that it manifests itself through the symbolic, e.g. symptoms or dream life. So, what is sex? Sex and Nothing embarks upon a dialogue between colleagues and friends interested in bridging psychoanalysis and philosophy, linking sex and thought, where what emerges is a greater awareness of the irreducucibility of sex to the discourse of knowledge and meaning: in other words, sex and nothing.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Alejandro Cerda-Rueda

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367103680
ISBN 13 
9780367103682
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
240

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9781782203384: Sex and Nothing: Bridges from Psychoanalysis to Philosophy

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  1782203389 ISBN 13:  9781782203384
Publisher: Routledge, 2016
Softcover