Oliver Davis and Tim Dean, "Hatred of Sex" (U Nebraska Press, 2022)
\ufeffHatred of Sex\xa0(U Nebraska Press, 2022)\xa0links Jacques Ranci\xe8re\u2019s political philosophy of the constitutive disorder of democracy with Jean Laplanche\u2019s identification of a fundamental perturbation at the heart of human sexuality. Sex is hated as well as desired, Oliver Davis and Tim Dean contend, because sexual intensity impedes coherent selfhood and undermines identity, rendering us all a little more deplorable than we might wish. Davis and Dean explore the consequences of this conflicted dynamic across a range of fields and institutions, including queer studies, attachment theory, the #MeToo movement, and \u201ctraumatology,\u201d demonstrating how hatred of sex has been optimized and exploited by neoliberalism. Advancing strong claims about sex, pleasure, power, intersectionality, therapy, and governance, Davis and Dean shed new light on enduring questions of equality at a historical moment when democracy appears ever more precarious.\nMatthew Pieknik is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies