
Queer Psychoanalysis
Minor Clinic and Deconstruction of Gender
Fabrice BOURLEZ(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 6. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
190 pages
978-1-041-01029-6 (ISBN)
Description
Queer Psychoanalysis offers a detailed study of the tensions and contiguities between the field of queer theory and that of Freudian-Lacanian metapsychology.
Drawing on a detailed reading of the critiques that have been levelled against psychoanalysis by queer theorists, this book makes use of, and reinvigorates, a certain ethics. Fabrice Bourlez offers a perspective from which these two domains, rather than being opposed one to the other, can be thought of as being in dialogue. The book considers the work of both queer theorists and psychoanalytic thinkers and confronts the numerous homophobic stances that punctuate the history of psychanalysis. Bourlez formulates a manner of thinking that frees psychoanalysis from its preconceptions and unthought, while avoiding the entrapment of queer theory in a self-righteous utopian ideal. In so doing, this book conceptualizes a vision of psychanalysis that is better able to attend to the full spectrum of contemporary subjects.
Queer Psychoanalysis will be essential reading for psychoanalysts and for scholars of psychoanalytic studies, sexuality, gender studies, psychology, cultural studies, aesthetic studies, and queer theory.
Drawing on a detailed reading of the critiques that have been levelled against psychoanalysis by queer theorists, this book makes use of, and reinvigorates, a certain ethics. Fabrice Bourlez offers a perspective from which these two domains, rather than being opposed one to the other, can be thought of as being in dialogue. The book considers the work of both queer theorists and psychoanalytic thinkers and confronts the numerous homophobic stances that punctuate the history of psychanalysis. Bourlez formulates a manner of thinking that frees psychoanalysis from its preconceptions and unthought, while avoiding the entrapment of queer theory in a self-righteous utopian ideal. In so doing, this book conceptualizes a vision of psychanalysis that is better able to attend to the full spectrum of contemporary subjects.
Queer Psychoanalysis will be essential reading for psychoanalysts and for scholars of psychoanalytic studies, sexuality, gender studies, psychology, cultural studies, aesthetic studies, and queer theory.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Professional Reference
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-041-01029-6 (9781041010296)
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Person
Fabrice Bourlez is a psychoanalyst based in Paris, France. He also teaches aesthetics at ESAD in Reims and is co-holder of the Chair of Troubles, Alliances, and Aesthetics at ENSBA in Paris.
Content
Series Editor's Preface
Chapter 1
Undoing Analysis
Chapter 2
The Ruins of Oedipus
Chapter 3
Achieving Homo-Analysis
Chapter 4
Inverted Heterosexism
Chapter 5
Beyond Sexual Difference
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 1
Undoing Analysis
Chapter 2
The Ruins of Oedipus
Chapter 3
Achieving Homo-Analysis
Chapter 4
Inverted Heterosexism
Chapter 5
Beyond Sexual Difference
Conclusion
Bibliography