{"product_id":"sex-and-nothing-alejandro-cerda-rueda-9781782203384","title":"Sex and Nothing: Bridges from Psychoanalysis to Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom its etymological roots, sex is related to a scission, Latin for sectus, secare, meaning \"to divide or cut.\" Therefore, regardless of the various studies applied to defining sex as inscribed by discursive acts, i.e. merely a 'performatively enacted signification, ' there is something more to sex than just a social construction or an aprioristic substance. Sex is irreducible to meaning or knowledge. This is why psychoanalysis cannot be formulated as an erotology nor a science of sex (scientia sexualis). In this matter, sex escapes the symbolic restraints of language; however, it is through its failure that it manifests itself through the symbolic, e.g. symptoms or dream life. So, what is sex? \u003cem\u003eSex and Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e embarks upon a dialogue between colleagues and friends interested in bridging psychoanalysis and philosophy, linking sex and thought, where what emerges is a greater awareness of the irreducucibility of sex to the discourse of knowledge and meaning: in other words, sex and nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alejandro Cerda-Rueda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1782203389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782203384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Alejandro Cerda-Rueda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088775065855,"sku":"9781782203384","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_427b42b6-4810-4655-bccd-a65c38b3a643.jpg?v=1769106542","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sex-and-nothing-alejandro-cerda-rueda-9781782203384","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}