Sex in the Cut (Transcript of a talk at the school authorized by Alenka Zupančič )

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  • Alenka Zupančič

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51151/identities.v17i2-3.465

Keywords:

feminism, sexual division, reproduction, politics, universality

Abstract

The talk will attempt to explore the nature of the division or cut implied, also etymologically, in the term “sex”. It will attempt to develop a concept of division that does not imply any pre-existing whole, but rather exists as a self-standing entity, endowed by a reality of its own. What if the division implied in “sex” is not simply that between two sexes (or more), but rather something that marks the unrest of sexuality itself? How could this be related to the contemporary feminist struggle, and what kind of concept of universality would it imply?

Author(s): Alenka Zupančič 

Title (English): Sex in the Cut (Transcript of a talk at the school authorized by Alenka Zupančič )

Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 17, No. 2-3 (Winter 2020)

Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities - Skopje

Page Range: 20-26

Page Count: 7

Citation (English): Alenka Zupančič, “Sex in the Cut,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 17, No. 2-3 (Winter 2020): 20-26.

Author Biography

Alenka Zupančič, Institute of Philosophy, Scientific Research Center of the Slovene Academy of Sciences

Alenka Zupančič is a Slovene philosopher and social theorist. She works as research advisor at the Institute of Philosophy, Scientific Research Center of the Slovene Academy of Sciences. She is also professor at the European Graduate School in Switzerland. Notable for her work on the intersection of philosophy and psychoanalysis, she is the author of numerous articles and books, including Ethics of the Real: Kant and Lacan; The Shortest Shadow: Nietzsche’s Philosophy of the Two; Why Psychoanalysis: Three Interventions; The Odd One In: On Comedy; and, most recently, What Is Sex?

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Published

2020-12-30

How to Cite

Zupančič , A. . (2020). Sex in the Cut (Transcript of a talk at the school authorized by Alenka Zupančič ). Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, 17(2-3), 20-26. https://doi.org/10.51151/identities.v17i2-3.465

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Vol. 17 No. 2-3 (2020): Vol. 17, No. 2-3 (Winter 2020) - Issue No. 33-34 | Topic: Xenofeminism and Other Forms of Realist and Materialist Feminism: A Vantage Point of a Radically Novel Politics

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