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On Not Thinking Straight: Comments on a Conceptual Marriage

  • R.D. Hinshelwood (author)
Chapter of: Clinical Encounters in Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Practice and Queer Theory(pp. 197–210)

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TitleOn Not Thinking Straight
SubtitleComments on a Conceptual Marriage
ContributorR.D. Hinshelwood (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0167.1.09
Landing pagehttps://punctumbooks.com/titles/clinical-encounters-in-sexuality-psychoanalytic-practice-and-queer-theory/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
CopyrightHinshelwood, R.D.
Publisherpunctum books
Published on2017-03-07
Long abstractIt is ironic. Psychoanalysis was born in the context of sexual transgression—the theory of seduction, and the Oedipal theo-ry. The plethora of sexualities was suddenly open to be known, and in principle to be known in all of us. But, for normative reasons, powerful a hundred years ago, in no time at all, that opening door spawned the “Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality” (Freud 1905); it became a classic that could easily be read as experts in the clinic normalizing categories of sexual-ity, and defining the abnormal. No wonder queer theory has a thoroughly mixed reaction—but to be fair, the selection in this book is a respectful one. On being asked to add a comment on the chapters in section one, I looked forward to the challenge. They amass a “report” on the progress of the two innocent suitIt is ironic. Psychoanalysis was born in the context of sexual transgression—the theory of seduction, and the Oedipal theo-ry. The plethora of sexualities was suddenly open to be known, and in principle to be known in all of us. But, for normative reasons, powerful a hundred years ago, in no time at all, that opening door spawned the “Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality” (Freud 1905); it became a classic that could easily be read as experts in the clinic normalizing categories of sexual-ity, and defining the abnormal. No wonder queer theory has a thoroughly mixed reaction—but to be fair, the selection in this book is a respectful one. On being asked to add a comment on the chapters in section one, I looked forward to the challenge. They amass a “report” on the progress of the two innocent suit
Page rangepp. 197–210
Print length14 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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