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Eros and alienation
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- Book Synopsis
- 'Takes social reproduction feminism and queer Marxism in exciting new directions' - Peter Drucker, author of Warped Our deeply human drive to shape the world around us and fulfill ourselves through labor is subverted by capitalist alienation, leaving us to find fulfillment elsewhere. As a result, our erotic drives become the central focus for transformation and life-making, but are themselves restricted and fueled by whatever energy is left after completing the monetized or social reproductive work required to survive. This alienation encounters ongoing resistance, as life-making activity can never be fully separated from the person who labors. Eros and Alienation delves into the underexplored relationship between alienated labor and sexuality. Alan Sears explores the ways this alienation frames the processes of gender and sexual formation, showing how the organization of work contributes to the development of a dominant regime of gendered sexualities, defined by a binary gender mapping of desire as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual.
- About The Author
- Alan Sears is Professor of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University. He has been writing about queer Marxism for activist and scholarly audiences since the mid-1980s. He is an activist and author of several books including The Next New Left: A History of the Future. Alan resides in Toronto, Ontario.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780745349435
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Pluto Press, (20 January 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 208
- Weight
- 454 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 140 x 13.4 mm
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