Queer social philosophy : critical readings from Kant to Adorno / / Randall Halle

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910966474103321
• Autore: Halle Randall
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2004
• ISBN: 9786613431943; 9781283431941; 1283431947; 9780252091438; 0252091434
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 300/.1
• Soggetti: Social sciences - Philosophy; Homosexuality - Philosophy; Social change
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-230) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: In which the terms of a critique are discussed -- Kant and the desiring individual -- Hegel and governmentality -- Marx and the limits of emancipation -- Reich, Fromm, Adorno : latency paradigms and social psychology -- Nietzsche, sociability, and queer knowing -- Conclusion: Prolegomena to a queer social philosophy.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Queer Social Philosophy, Randall Halle analyzes key texts in the tradition of German critical theory from the perspective of contemporary queer theory, exposing gender and sexuality restrictions that undermine those texts' claims of universal truth. Addressing such figures as Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Adorno, and Habermas, Halle offers a unique contribution to contemporary debates about sexuality, civil society, and politics.