The Ethics of Opting Out
Queer Theory's Defiant Subjects
1st Edition
Published on 6. March 2017
264 pages
978-0-231-54335-4 (ISBN)
Description
In The Ethics of Opting Out, Mari Ruti provides an accessible yet theoretically rigorous account of the ideological divisions that have animated queer theory during the last decade, paying particular attention to the field's rejection of dominant neoliberal narratives of success, cheerfulness, and self-actualization. More specifically, she focuses on queer negativity in the work of Lee Edelman, Jack Halberstam, and Lynne Huffer, and on the rhetoric of bad feelings found in the work of Sara Ahmed, Lauren Berlant, David Eng, Heather Love, and José Muñoz. Ruti highlights the ways in which queer theory's desire to opt out of normative society rewrites ethical theory and practice in genuinely innovative ways at the same time as she resists turning antinormativity into a new norm. This wide-ranging and thoughtful book maps the parameters of contemporary queer theory in order to rethink the foundational assumptions of the field.
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Mari Ruti is professor of critical theory and of sexual diversity studies at the University of Toronto. She is the author of nine books, most recently Between Levinas and Lacan: Self, Other, Ethics (2015).
Content
Author's Note
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Queer Theory and the Ethics of Opting Out
2. From Butlerian Reiteration to Lacanian Defiance
3. Why There Is Always a Future in the Future
4. Beyond the Antisocial-Social Divide
5. The Uses and Misuses of Bad Feelings
Conclusion: A Dialogue on Silence with Jordan Mulder
References
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Queer Theory and the Ethics of Opting Out
2. From Butlerian Reiteration to Lacanian Defiance
3. Why There Is Always a Future in the Future
4. Beyond the Antisocial-Social Divide
5. The Uses and Misuses of Bad Feelings
Conclusion: A Dialogue on Silence with Jordan Mulder
References
Index
