Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: In this article I investigate Richard Shusterman's philosophical inquiry into sexuality in his recent book "Ars Erotica: Sex and Somaesthetics in the Classical Arts of Love". I first offer a reconstruction and interpretation of Shusterman's philosophical path, from pragmatist aesthetics to somaesthetics. Then, I explain how and why somaesthetics arrived at including sexuality among its topics, on the basis of its complex and sophisticated conception of the human body. Finally, I outline a comparison between Shusterman's philosophical account of sexuality and Foucault's, Marcuse's and Adorno's.
Source: Foucault Studies
Author: Stefano Marino
Institution: University of Bologna
Language: English
Topic: Foucault, Power, and Ethics
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4200463024