Western thinking on sexuality has historically affirmed not only a binary division between two sexes, each of which is defined by unique fixed attributes that delineate its essence, but also a privileging of the masculine over the feminine and heteronormative relations over alternatives. By engaging with psychoanalytic theory, phenomenology, feminist and gender theory, and the new materialisms, Gavin Rae shows how this model came under sustained and heterogeneous attack in the twentieth century. Rather than affirm one of these critical trajectories, Rae rethinks the problematic by turning to Walter Benjamin's notion of concepts as constellations to develop an alternative model called sexuality as constellation.
| ISBN: | 9781399535106 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2026 |
| Author: | Gavin Rae |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Genres: |
Feminism and feminist theory Structuralism and Post-structuralism History of ideas Ethics and moral philosophy |
Western thinking on sexuality has historically affirmed not only a binary division between two sexes, each of which is defined by unique fixed attributes that delineate its essence, but also a privileging of the masculine over the feminine and heteronormative relations over alternatives. By engaging with psychoanalytic theory, phenomenology, feminist and gender theory, and the new materialisms, Gavin Rae shows how this model came under sustained and heterogeneous attack in the twentieth century. Rather than affirm one of these critical trajectories, Rae rethinks the problematic by turning to Walter Benjamin's notion of concepts as constellations to develop an alternative model called sexuality as constellation.
Questioning Sexuality features in the following genres: Feminism and feminist theory, Structuralism and Post-structuralism, History of ideas, Ethics and moral philosophy
Questioning Sexuality is available in Paperback, Hardback
Questioning Sexuality was written by Gavin Rae and published by Edinburgh University Press
Questioning Sexuality has 320 pages
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