Outspeak by Sean P O'connell

Outspeak by Sean P O'connell

To understand the implications of the narrative structure of identity for liberatory praxis, O'Connell enlists the work of theorists such as Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Luce Irigaray, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and engages continental thinkers such as Ricoeur, Levinas, Heidegger, and Lyotard, whose ideas add much to the development of a narrative theory.

"O'Connell's approach to the issues is refreshingHe offers a hermeneutical approach to understandings of gay and lesbian identity. His scholarship is first-rate. The breadth of his resources is quite amazing. Yet O'Connell provides concise, fair summaries of the wide range of philosophers and other scholars whom he engages so that his text remains accessible to those who have not read as widely as he. I am envious of his ability to make extremely difficult texts (for example, those of Judith Butler and Jürgen Habermas) accessible while at the same time doing justice to them. O'Connell's subject matter is one that demands making philosophy relevant to concepts of gender identity and political solidarity. He achieves that goal." — Sharon Meagher, The Union Institute

"This book will be useful to understanding contemporary ethical theory, feminist theory and political theory. It will be helpful for people struggling with coming out and for those who have long since made themselves known. Importantly, it will serve as a handbook for coalition politics whether that politics involves issues of sexuality or not." — Alison Leigh Brown, author of Subjects of Deceit: A Phenomenology of Lying

Sean P. O'Connell is Professor of Philosophy at Albertus Magnus College.

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ISBN 13	9780791447383
ISBN 10	0791447383
Title	Outspeak
Author	Sean P O'connell
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Year published	2000-11-02
Number of pages	262
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