Freud and the Problem of Sexuality

Bradley Benjamin Ramos

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English

State University of New York Press
01 March 2024

Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism; Gender studies, gender groups; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)

Series: SUNY series, Insinuations: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Literature

A fresh, provocative reading of Freud's theory of sexuality.

While contemporary studies have paid renewed attention to the psychoanalytic theory of sexuality and routinely reference Sigmund Freud, they seldom engage directly with his work. Freud and the Problem of Sexuality returns to Freud's writings to argue that there is still something revolutionary and novel to be found there-something that will come to challenge both philosophical and popular understandings of sexuality. In lively, accessible prose, Bradley Ramos revisits some of the most difficult, even troubling aspects of Freud's work and sheds fresh light on foundational concepts such as Trieb (drive or instinct), perversion, infantile sexuality, and the Oedipus complex. Reading Freud alongside Jean Laplanche, Louis Althusser, and Jacques Derrida, we can begin to see why sexuality becomes for us, as it did for Freud, a problem in and by its nature. However, to take this problem of sexuality seriously, Ramos argues, we must dare to do what most refuse: renounce our persistent fantasies and assumptions about sexuality.

By: Bradley Benjamin Ramos
Imprint: State University of New York Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9781438496764
ISBN 10: 1438496761
Series: SUNY series, Insinuations: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Literature
Pages: 210
Publication Date: 01 March 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bradley Ramos is an analysand at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and independent scholar who received his PhD in Philosophy from DePaul University.

Reviews for Freud and the Problem of Sexuality

""A fine, very nuanced reading of Freud's vexed work and views on sexuality. Rather than normalizing sexuality or making intrinsically perverse sexuality into some sort of hero, Ramos makes a case for dwelling with sexuality simply as a problem. Erudite and well-researched, this book should have broad appeal across the humanities, including to readers who are just getting interested in psychoanalysis."" — Ed Pluth, coauthor of On Silence: Holding the Voice Hostage