{"product_id":"polysexuality-paperback","title":"Polysexuality - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancois Peraldi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMixing documents, interviews, fiction, theory, poetry, psychiatry and anthropology, \"Polysexuality\" became the encyclopedia sexualis of a continent that is still emerging.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally conceived as a special Semiotext(e) issue on homosexuality at the end of the 70s, \"Polysexuality\" quickly evolved into a more complex and iconoclastic project whose intent was to do away with recognized genders altogether, considered far too limitative. The project landed somewhere between humor, anarchy, science-fiction, utopia and apocalypse. In the few years that it took to put it together, it also evolved from a joyous schizo concept to a darker, neo-Lacanian elaboration on the impossibility of sexuality. The tension between the two, occasionally perceptible, is the theoretical subtext of the issue. Upping the ante on gender distinctions, \"Polysexuality\" started by blowing wide open all sexual classifications, inventing unheard-of categories, regrouping singular features into often original configurations, like Corporate Sex, Alimentary Sex, Soft or Violent Sex, Discursive Sex, Self- Sex, Animal Sex, Child Sex, Morbid Sex, or Sex of the Gaze. Mixing documents, interviews, fiction, theory, poetry, psychiatry and anthropology, \"Polysexuality\" became the encyclopedia sexualis of a continent that is still emerging. What it displayed in all its forms could be called, broadly speaking, the Sexuality of Capital. (Actually the issue being rather hot, it was decided to cool it off somewhat by only using \"capitals\" throughout the issue. It was also the first issue for which we used the computer). The \"Polysexuality\" issue was attacked in Congress for its alleged advocation of animal sex. Includes work by Alain Robbe-Grillet, Félix Guattari, Paul Verlaine, William S. Burroughs, Georges Bataille, Pierre Klossowski, Roland Barthes, Paul Virilio, Peter Lamborn Wilson, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre Guyotat (born in 1940) has been a source of French literary scandal since the 1967 publication of \u003ci\u003eTomb for 500,000 Soldiers.\u003c\/i\u003e The French government banned his novel \u003ci\u003eEden Eden Eden\u003c\/i\u003e from being publicized, advertised on posters, or sold to anyone under the age of 18 from the time of its publication in 1970 until 1981. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFélix Guattari (1930-1992), post-'68 French psychoanalyst and philosopher, is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnti-Oedipus \u003c\/i\u003e(with Gilles Deleuze), and a number of books published by Semiotext(e), including \u003ci\u003eThe Anti-Oedipus Papers, Chaosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSoft Subversions.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFélix Guattari (1930-1992), post-'68 French psychoanalyst and philosopher, is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnti-Oedipus \u003c\/i\u003e(with Gilles Deleuze), and a number of books published by Semiotext(e), including \u003ci\u003eThe Anti-Oedipus Papers, Chaosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSoft Subversions.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII, Vincennes\/Saint Denis. He published 25 books, including five in collaboration with Félix Guattari. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFélix Guattari (1930-1992), post-'68 French psychoanalyst and philosopher, is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnti-Oedipus \u003c\/i\u003e(with Gilles Deleuze), and a number of books published by Semiotext(e), including \u003ci\u003eThe Anti-Oedipus Papers, Chaosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSoft Subversions.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTony Duvert (1945-2008) is the author of fourteen books of fiction and nonfiction. His fifth novel, \u003ci\u003eStrange Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, won the prestigious Prix Médicis in 1973. Other books translated into English include the novels \u003ci\u003eWhen Jonathan Died\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDiary of an Innocent\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the essay \u003ci\u003eGood Sex Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, the last two both available from Semiotext(e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorges Bataille (1897-1962) was a French writer, essayist, and philosopher whose works include \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Blue of Noon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Accursed Share\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTheory of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Virilio was born in 1932 and has published a wide range of books, essays, and interviews grappling with the question of speed and technology, including \u003ci\u003eSpeed and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Aesthetics of Disappearance\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Accident of Art, \u003c\/i\u003eall published by Semiotext(e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGuy Hocquenghem (1946-1988), essayist and activist, is often considered the father of Queer theory. He was the author of \u003ci\u003eHomosexual Desire\u003c\/i\u003e (1972) and \u003ci\u003eL'Amour en relief\u003c\/i\u003e (1982). \u003ci\u003eThe Screwball Asses\u003c\/i\u003e is his first work available from Semiotext(e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII, Vincennes\/Saint Denis. He published 25 books, including five in collaboration with Félix Guattari. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFélix Guattari (1930-1992), post-'68 French psychoanalyst and philosopher, is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnti-Oedipus \u003c\/i\u003e(with Gilles Deleuze), and a number of books published by Semiotext(e), including \u003ci\u003eThe Anti-Oedipus Papers, Chaosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSoft Subversions.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSylvère Lotringer is Jean Baudrillard Chair at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Professor Emeritus of French literature and philosophy at Columbia University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.7 x 6.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1981\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718412701759,"sku":"9781570270116","price":97.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e5a5383140453f882c4876b2ad29cf0d.webp?v=1765081848","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/polysexuality-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}