Sex and Nothing: Bridges from Psychoanalysis to Philosophy - Rilegato

Cerda-Rueda, Alejandro

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ISBN 10: 0367103680 ISBN 13: 9780367103682

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2019

Riassunto

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.

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Alejandro Cerda-Rueda

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0367103680
• ISBN 13: 9780367103682
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 240
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