Sex and Nothing (eBook)

Bridges from Psychoanalysis to Philosophy

Alejandro Cerda-Rueda (Autor)

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2018
240 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-0-429-91892-6 (ISBN)

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From its etymological roots, sex is related to a scission, Latin for sectus, secare, meaning "e;to divide or cut."e; 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.5.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• ISBN-10: 0-429-91892-5 / 0429918925
• ISBN-13: 978-0-429-91892-6 / 9780429918926