New Philosophies of Sex and Love

Sarah LaChance Adams is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Superior. Her previous publications include Coming to Life: Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering (co-edited with Caroline Lundquist, 2012) and Mad Mothers, Bad Mothers, and What a “Good” Mother Would Do: The Ethics of Ambivalence (2014). Christopher M. Davidson is Assistant Professor at Ball State University. Caroline R. Lundquist is a philosophy instructor at Lane Community College and at the University of Oregon. Her previous publications include Coming to Life: Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering (co-edited with Sarah LaChance Adams, 2012), and various articles in feminist philosophy and ethics.

Part I: Desire’s Dissonance / 1. Introduction: Desire’s Dissonance, Sarah LaChance Adams, Christopher Davidson, and Caroline Lundquist / Part II: Defining Desire / 2. Finding and Then Losing Your Way, Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. / 3. Love, and a Romantic Living Room: Remarks for an Inquiry on Ordinary Love Today, Chiara Piazzesi / 4. Love at the Limit of Phenomenology (à la Sartre and Marion), Yong Dou (Michael) Kim / 5. Monogamism and Polyamorism: A Weberian Analysis, Erik Jansson Boström Part III: Sex, Love, and Agency / 6. Friendless Women and the Myth of Male Nonage, Elena Clare Cuffari / 7. Revolutionary Politics of Love: Pussy Riot and Punk Rock as Feminist Practice, Fulden Ibrahimhakkioglu / 8. Practice in Paradox: What We Can Learn About Love from Relationships between Parents and Young Adult Children, Christine Overall / Part IV: Embodiment and Culture / 9. Orchid Love, Phoebe Hart / 10. Failed Medicalization and the Cultural Iconography of Feminine Sexuality, Rebecca Kukla / 11. Being Through Love: The Collaborative Construction of a Sexual Body, Amy E. Taylor Part V: Truth and Deception / 12 The Power of Seduction, Alain Beauclair / 13. Some Notes on Faking, Hildur Kalman / Notes / Bibliography / Index / Notes on Contributors