Queer Social Philosophy
Subtitle: Critical Readings from Kant to Adorno
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: June 28, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780252029073
Subjects: Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present; Social Science; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Sociology; Germany; Gay & Lesbian; Gay Studies; Social Science / Gender Studies; General; Homosexuality; Philosophy; Social change; Social sciences
First sentence: Could a historically grounded queer critique of social philosophy contribute to new forms of political life?
Description: "Although queer theory is a predominantly American invention, its insights have rested on those of European critical theory. In Queer Social Philosophy, however, Randall Halle uses the former to critique the latter, conducting the first sustained queer critique of seminal works in German critical theory, including those by Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Adorno, and Habermas. While acknowledging these figures' positive contributions to the social philosophy of modernity, Halle exposes the restrictions of gender and sexuality that limit their texts' claims to universal truth and moves beyond them to explore the possibilities of a queer social philosophy." "At the same time, Halle's culturally and historically grounded critiques expand queer theory beyond the American academy for Queer Social Philosophy contribution to contemporary debates about sexuality, civil society, and political activism."--BOOK JACKET.