1st Edition
Sexual Orientation and Identity A Philosophical Analysis
By Matthew Andler
Copyright 2025
82 Pages
by
Routledge
82 Pages
by
Routledge
82 Pages
by
Routledge
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Sexual orientation and how we might understand it is a topic that arouses significant controversy. Is sexual orientation a natural or social phenomenon? Are categories such as 'queer' and 'straight' essential to the human condition or dependent on contingent cultural practices? While such questions have been considered from the perspectives of sociology and gender studies, they remain relatively... Read more
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Sexuality Categories
2. What’s Special about Sexual Orientation?
3. Being Queer
4. Sexuality is Essentially Sociopolitical
5. Conclusion: Queerness in Analytic Philosophy.
Index
Biography
Matthew Andler, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus.
