1st Edition
Queer Theories: An Introduction From Mario Mieli to the Antisocial Turn
Translators’ preface: Le teorie queer di Lorenzo Bernini
Introduction: studying queer theories in the Italian university
Chapter 1. Critical theory and political philosophy
Chapter 2. An exercise in queer critique: how does sexuality function?
Chapter 3. Elements of queer theory
Biography
Lorenzo Bernini is Associate Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Verona, Italy, where he founded the Research Centre PoliTeSse (Politics and Theories of Sexuality, www.politesse.it) which he now directs. He is also founding member of GIFTS – the Italian network of Gender, Intersex, Feminist, Trans-feminist and Sexuality Studies (https://retegifts.wordpress.com/). His interests range from classical political philosophy (especially Thomas Hobbes) and French thought of the twentieth century (especially Michel Foucault), to contemporary theories of radical democracy, critical race theories and queer theories. Among his books: Il sessuale politico: Freud con Marx, Fanon, Foucault (2019); Queer Apocalypses: Elements of Antisocial Theory (2017), previously published in Italian (2013) and Spanish (2015); as well as the Italian publication (2017) and Spanish publication (2018) of this book.
