The Reification of Desire takes two critical perspectives rarely analyzed together—formative arguments for Marxism and those that have been the basis for queer theory—and productively scrutinizes these ideas both with and against each other to put forth a new theoretical connection between Marxism and queer studies. Kevin Floyd brings queer critique to bear on the Marxian categ...(展开全部)

The sociology of race relations in America typically describes an intersection of poverty, race, and economic discrimination. But what is missing from the picture--sexual difference--can be as instructive as what is present. In this ambitious work, Roderick A. Ferguson reveals how the discourses of sexuality are used to articulate theories of racial difference in the field of s...(展开全部)

菲利普•罗斯（1933-2018） 1997年，菲利普•罗斯凭借《美国牧歌》摘得普利策文学奖。1998年，罗斯在白宫受颁美国国家艺术勋章。2002年，他又获得美国艺术文学院颁发的最高荣誉——虚构类作品金奖，该奖的往届获奖者有约翰•多斯•帕索斯、威廉•福克纳、索尔•贝娄等著名作家。罗斯于1960年、1996年分别凭借处女作《再见，哥伦布》和《萨巴斯的剧院》两度将美国国家图书奖揽入囊中。此外，他还获得美国书评人协会奖两次，笔会/福克纳奖三次。罗斯的《反美阴谋》被誉为“2003-2004年度以美国为主题的优秀历史小说”，这部小说于2005年荣获美国历史学家协会奖和W.H.史密斯文学奖年度最佳图书。罗斯也因此成为W.H.史密斯文学奖设立四十六年以来首位两度获奖的作家。 2005年，罗斯成为第三位由美国文库为其出版权威版作品全集的在世作家。此后，罗斯接连获得笔...(展开全部)

Presents the author's analysis of politics, sexuality and the law from the perspective of women. Using the debate over Marxism and feminism as a point of departure, MacKinnon develops a theory of gender centred on sexual subordination and applies it to the State. The result is a critique of inequality and a transformative vision of a direction for social change.

凯瑟琳·麦金农Catharine A. MacKinnon：女，法学教授，哈佛大学法学院詹姆斯·巴尔艾姆斯客座教授，主要致力于研究国际和宪法框架下的男女平等问题的。她开创了对于性骚扰行为的法律追责理论，并与德沃金一道创立了淫秽作品作为对民事权利侵犯的法令，2000年8月，在Kadic v Karadzic一案中，她和一名前南刑庭助理律师一起帮助塞尔维亚种族暴行中遭受性暴力的妇女获得了7.45亿元的赔偿，这起案件首次将强奸作为一种种族灭绝罪行。

Presents the author's analysis of politics, sexuality and the law from the perspective of women. Using the debate over Marxism and feminism as a point of departure, MacKinnon develops a theory of gender centred on sexual subordination and applies it to the State. The result is a critique of inequality and a transformative vision of a direction for social change.

It’s commonly understood within the academy that the terms “man,” “woman,” and “other” are socially constructed, and that their meanings are maintained by the current political order. But few thinkers have attempted to reconcile that knowledge—which is rooted in Marxism—with queer theory. The few who have, meanwhile, usually attempt to do so through issues of libidinal desire a...(展开全部)

Petrus Liu is Associate Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at Boston University and author of Queer Marxism in Two Chinas, also published by Duke University Press, and Stateless Subjects: Chinese Martial Arts Literature and Postcolonial History.

Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfiction A Queer History of the United States is more than a “who’s who” of queer history: it is a book that radically challenges how we understand American history. Drawing upon primary-source documents, literature, and cultural histories, scholar and activist Michael Bronski charts the breadth of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and tr...(展开全部)

Liberalism, Miguel de Beistegui argues in The Government of Desire, is best described as a technique of government directed towards the self, with desire as its central mechanism. Whether as economic interest, sexual drive, or the basic longing for recognition, desire is accepted as a core component of our modern self-identities, and something we ought to cultivate. But this h...(展开全部)