Queer Democracy - Desire, Dysphoria, and the Body Politic

Queer Democracy undertakes an interdisciplinary critical investigation of the centuries-old metaphor of society as a body, drawing on queer and transgender accounts of embodiment as a constructive resource for reimagining politics and society.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Dysphoric Desire: Fantasizing the Social Body 2. Traversing the Fantasy: Queer Democracy 3. Bedeviled By Nature: The Social Contract Position 4. Fantasies of Authenticity: Nationalism and Populism 5. American Dysphoria I: Christian Nationalism 6. American Dysphoria II: Civic Nationalism Conclusion

About the author

Daniel Miller is Associate Professor of Religion and Social Thought and Chair of the Department of Liberal Studies at Landmark College. His research interests include religion, political theory and American politics, gender and embodiment, 20th Century Continental philosophy, and theory and method in the study of religion.

Summary

Queer Democracy undertakes an interdisciplinary critical investigation of the centuries-old metaphor of society as a body, drawing on queer and transgender accounts of embodiment as a constructive resource for reimagining politics and society.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel D. Miller, Daniel D. (Landmark College Miller, Miller Daniel D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780367757724
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75772-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Feminism & feminist theory, Politics and government, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary theory, Political science and theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Gender Identity