The screwball asses semiotexte intervention series guy hocquenghem. He is the special editor of our forthcoming issue on the. Theory a guide to resources in the williams institute reading room, part of the williams institute on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy at the ucla school of law. Guy hocquenghem on homosexual desire, capitalism, and the left. Coire, with the writer guy hocquenghem, and le corps interdit with the sociologist and philosopher georges lapassade.
The text is not limited strictly to theory and samples the thoughts of fiction writers like paul verlaine, rimbaud, robbegrillet, william burroughs, and pierre guotat. Scherer developed his analysis of childhood through two coauthored works in 1976. In his polemical english translation homosexual desire, guy hocquenghem makes the. However, this is interesting, because there is no homosexual desire that is, desire is gky and not directed toward men or women simply translated into english for the first time in and out of print since the early s, this new edition, with an introduction by michael moon, will make available this vital and still relevant book by hocquenghem, guy.
Sep 09, 2019 comixology thousands of digital comics. Semiotexte 522 philosophy hall columbia university new york, n. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. Louvrage dantoine idier sur guy hocquenghem a plusieurs merites. His participation in the may 1968 student rebellion in france formed his allegiance to the communist party, which. Introduction to guy hocquenghem, homosexual desire duke university press, 1993, pp. The number of copies requested, the school and professor requesting for reprints and subsidiary rights, please also note.
This article is within the scope of wikiproject biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize wikipedia s articles about people. Front homosexuel daction revolutionnaire lgbt info. Viking press, need to edit pdf file 1977 and guy hocquenghem, homosexual desire lon. Guy hocquenghem 19441988 taught philosophy at the university of vincennes, paris. On average, the sexual offense recidivism rate was low. Queer apocalypses elements of antisocial theory lorenzo. Des enfants entre nous in 1978 and 1979 respectively. His main target is the allpervasive figure of the child, which he reads as the linchpin of our universal politics of reproductive futurism. At the age of fifteen he began an affair with his high school philosophy teacher, rene scherer. Richard wolin with ron haas, the wind from the east. Though guy hocquenghems career as a militant and writer began, like many in his generation, in the occupied latin quarter in the first weeks of may 68 by his own account he literally threw the first stone on the rue guy lussac most would date his entrance into the public sphere to january 1972, when he published his socalled coming out. If book has an editor that is different from the article author, include editor s name also.
Tournier uses a mix of gay and queer martyrs, with effects distributed according to type, while hocquenghems are gay male. Publishing works of theory, fiction, madness, economics, satire, sexuality, science fiction, activism and confession, semiotexte s highly curated list has famously melded high and low forms of cultural expression into a nuanced and polemical vision of the present. Published in 1974 by minuit, economie libidinale is, of all his work to date, the most creative in its mode of writing and in its theorizing. The screwball asses by guy hocquenghem lambda literary. The text is not limited strictly to theory and samples the thoughts of fiction writers like paul verlaine, rimbaud, robbegrillet, william burroughs, and. Their critiques were used by such activists as guy hocquenghem, one of the founders of the front homosexuel daction revolutionnaire fhar, and antoinette fouque of the feminist group psychanalyse et politique, to challenge family policy in france. Didier lestrade born 1958 french journalist and author. Hocquenghem died of an aidsrelated illness in 1988. Editor julian bourg acknowledged several lacunae in this presentation of postworld war ii french. Although ideological terrorism was still a major issue in germany, what ultimately emerged from these pages was an investigation of two outlaw cities, berlin and new york.
Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. Translated into english for the first time in 1978 and out of print since the early 1980s, this new edition, with an introduction by michael moon, will make available this vital and still relevant work to contemporary audiences. A blaze in a desert comprises victor serges sole published book of poetry, resistance 1938, his unpublished manuscript messages 1946, and his last poem, hands 1947. Originally published in 1972 in france, guy hocquenghems homosexual desire has become a classic in gay theory. Desir hocquenghem paris, april 2009, a philosophical journal founded by gilles deleuze and felix guattari. Introduction by sylvere lotringer the german issue 1982 was originally conceived as a followup to semiotextes autonomiaitaly issue, published two years earlier. Originally published in 1972 in france, guy hocquenghems homosexual desire. Deleuze wrote the introduction to a book by guy hocquenghem, and guattari was the editor of the journal recherches, which produced the 1973 special issue about fhar front homosexuel daction re.
Guy hocquenghem 19441988 french writer and philosopher arturo islas 19381991 mexicanamerican professor of english and writer. Guy hocquenghem guy hocquenghem 19461988, essayist and activist, is often considered the father of queer theory. Homosexual desire remains an exhilarating analysis of. Although gloeden alleged he was a minor german aristocrat from mecklenburg, the heirs of the baronial branch of the gloeden family have always insisted that no such person existed in their family records and that his claim to a barony was without warrant. Quickly rotate pdf online once youve uploaded your pdf document, this online tool will allow you to turn single or all the pages in any way youd like. The screwball asses is his first work available from semiotexte. Hartford further develops the contrast between the two broad approaches to queering the martyr, the philosophical and the political, through detailed analysis of more recent novels by michel tournier and guy hocquenghem. He is mostly known for his pastoral nude studies of sicilian boys, which usually featured props such as wreaths or amphoras, suggesting a setting in the greece or italy of antiquity. French intellectuals and the chinese cultural revolution. With disciplinary rigor and theoretical lucidity, lorenzo bernini interrogates the relations between gender, sexuality, and politics, bringing the avantgarde of queer thinking into dialogue with. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. Minnesota press, 2000, he is currently finishing a book on philosophy, art and fabulation.
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Gaymale perspectives on literature and culture duke university press, 1990. Reviews victor serge was a major novelist, a revolutionary, and a historical witness, so it is perhaps not surprising that his poetry has been overlooked. Not referring to clinical schizophrenia, but to the fact that the culture is divided up into all sorts of classes and groups, etc. Not referring to clinical schizophrenia, but to the fact that the culture is divided up into all sorts of classes and groups. An intellectual historian of modern europe and the united states, ron is particularly interested in radical and utopian thought in the 1960s and 1970s, and he has written extensively on the may 68 movement in france, french maoism, and guy hocquenghem, a prominent radical and philosopher of the french 68 generation who spearheaded the. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Pdf who s who in gay and lesbian history download full.
Contributors ian buchanan is professor of critical and cultural theory at cardiff university. Waldomi rated it it was amazing jul 24, the author also addressed the relation of capitalism to sexualities, the dynamics of anal desire, and the political effects of gay groupidentities. Guy hocquenghem was a french writer, philosopher, and queer theorist. A highlight of races book is the clear narrative personality that helps tie together the themes of the chapters, which, while all on the themes of medically approved or illegal drug consumption, address quite disparate aspects of these issues. Jan 01, 2004 in this searing polemic, lee edelman outlines a radically uncompromising new ethics of queer theory. Whitman and sexuality, walt whitman centenary exhibitions catalog, new york city museum consortium, 1992, pp. Peter mcgehee 19551991 americanborn canadian writer. Internet archive the number of copies requested, the school and professor requesting for reprints and subsidiary rights, please also note. He is the special editor of our forthcoming issue on the homosexualities. He was the author of numerous novels, works of theory, and was a staff writer for the. Recent presentations charles fourier and the french new left, montreal, quebec. Find alain hocquenghem movies, filmography, bio, co stars, photos, news and tweets. Homosexual front for revolutionary action fhar was a loose parisian movement founded in 1971, resulting from a rapprochement between lesbian feminists and gay activists. Queer apocalypses is the first monograph of international reach discussing the antisocial theories developed by the most radical us gay thinkers.
The screwball asses semiotexte intervention series. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 1998, vol. Gregory flaxman is an assistant professor of english and comparative literature. Originally published in 1972 in france, guy hocquenghems homosexual. I have just modified one external link on guy hocquenghem. Though guy hocquenghem s career as a militant and writer began, like many in his generation, in the occupied latin quarter in the first weeks of may 68 by his own account he literally threw the first stone on the rue guy lussac most would date his entrance into the public sphere to january 1972, when he published his socalled coming out. Guy hocquenghem was born in the suburbs of paris and was educated at the lycee lakanal in sceaux and the ecole normale superieure in paris. Book series co editor with michele barale, jonathan goldberg, and eve kosofsky sedgwick, series q new work in queer theory and lgbtq studies, duke university press, 19972012.
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