Sexuality and/as Art, Power, and Reconciliation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12947432 |
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| Authors | Stefano Marino (0000-0001-5817-3033, University of Bologna, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foucault Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1832-5203 • E-ISSN: 1832-5203 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.22439/fs.vi31.6452 |
| OpenAlex | W4200463024 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
In this article I investigate Richard Shusterman's philosophical inquiry into sexuality in his recent book "Ars Erotica: Sex and Somaesthetics in the Classical Arts of Love". I first offer a reconstruction and interpretation of Shusterman's philosophical path, from pragmatist aesthetics to somaesthetics. Then, I explain how and why somaesthetics arrived at including sexuality among its topics, on the basis of its complex and sophisticated conception of the human body. Finally, I outline a comparison between Shusterman's philosophical account of sexuality and Foucault's, Marcuse's and Adorno's
Art · Human sexuality · Physics · Power (physics · Sociology · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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