’Foucault's Ironies and the Important Earnestness of Theory’
Foucault’s History of Sexuality 1 cannot be understood without sustained attention to its ironies, which are written into every level from diction to structure. The little book does not intend to deliver a theory, queer or otherwise. It means rather to display and then to frustrate the desire for...
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description | Foucault’s History of Sexuality 1 cannot be understood without sustained attention to its ironies, which are written into every level from diction to structure. The little book does not intend to deliver a theory, queer or otherwise. It means rather to display and then to frustrate the desire for theory—especially when it comes to sexuality. |
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spelling | doaj.art-d4b38d7cf4864bed992d8bd07ee1ce712024-04-03T01:58:13ZengCBS Open JournalsFoucault Studies1832-52032012-09-011410.22439/fs.v0i14.3892’Foucault's Ironies and the Important Earnestness of Theory’Mark D. Jordan0Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, Washington UniversityFoucault’s History of Sexuality 1 cannot be understood without sustained attention to its ironies, which are written into every level from diction to structure. The little book does not intend to deliver a theory, queer or otherwise. It means rather to display and then to frustrate the desire for theory—especially when it comes to sexuality.https://192.168.7.24:443/index.php/foucault-studies/article/view/3892 |
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