Sexual Justice - Democratic Citizenship and the Politics of Desire

Sexual Justice defends a robust a robust conception of lesbian and gay rights, emphasizing protection against discrimination and recognition of queer relationships and families. Synthesizing materials from law, philosophy, psychoanalysis and literature, Kaplan argues that sexual desire is central to the pursuit of happiness: equal citizenship requires individual freedom to shape oneself through a variety of intimate associations.

List of contents

introduction Democracy, Difference, and Desire; Part 1 Principles; Chapter 1 Theorizing Lesbian and Gay Rights; Chapter 2 Historicizing Sexuality; Part 2 Psyches; Chapter 3 Eros Unbound; Chapter 4 Psychoanalyzing the "Third Sex"; Part 3 Politics; Chapter 5 Refiguring the Jewish Question; Chapter 6 Queer Citizenship, Don Gifford; Chapter 7 Intimacy and Equality, Ed Stein;

About the author

Morris B. Kaplan teaches philosophy at Purchase College, State University of New York. He has served as a trial attorney with the Legal Aid Society of New York and as inaugural Rockefeller Fellow in Legal Humanities, Stanford Humanities Center, 1993-94. He has published in Praxis International, Virginia Law Review, GLQ, ThePhilosophical Forum, Metaphilosophy, and The Journal ofthe History of Sexuality.

Summary

Argues that the achievement of equality for lesbian and gay citizens is part of the unfinished business of modern democracy and that respect for individual freedom requires recognition of a plurality of intimate association.

Product details

• Authors: Morris B Kaplan, Morris B. Kaplan, Kaplan Morris B.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.1997
• EAN: 9780415905152
• ISBN: 978-0-415-90515-2
• No. of pages: 302
• Weight: 560 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PHILOSOPHY / General, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies