Desire's revelatory conflagration
Through a comparative reading of work by Georges Bataille, Lee Edelman, Guy Hocquenghem and Pseudo-Dionysius, this essay argues that they share an apophatic vision that informs a politics of negating refusal. It insists that a queer theology, and its accompanying political vision, must be critical w...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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| In: |
Theology & sexuality
Year: 2017, Volume: 23, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 48-66 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bataille, Georges 1897-1962
/ Edelman, Lee 1953-
/ Hocquenghem, Guy 1946-1988
/ Dionysius Areopagita ca. 5./6. Jh.
/ Queer theology
/ Negative theology
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality FD Contextual theology NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
apophatic theology
B antagonism B Pseudo-dionysius B Georges Bataille B Lee Edelman B Guy Hocquenghem |
| Summary: | Through a comparative reading of work by Georges Bataille, Lee Edelman, Guy Hocquenghem and Pseudo-Dionysius, this essay argues that they share an apophatic vision that informs a politics of negating refusal. It insists that a queer theology, and its accompanying political vision, must be critical without reserve, and only then can it avoid the antagonisms that comprise the social order. |
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| ISSN: | 1355-8358 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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