Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality

Sullivan, Andrew

ISBN 10: 0330344536 / ISBN 13: 9780330344531

Edité par Picador, 1995

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1st edition hardback, 1995. Dustjacket lightly aged. Blue cloth as new. Pages very lightly foxed at the edges, internally clean & tight. No inscriptions. 209 pages. A collection of reviews and clippings is loosely inserted. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1667213499534

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Titre : Virtually Normal: An Argument About ...

Éditeur : Picador

Date d'édition : 1995

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Very Good

Etat de la jaquette : Very Good

Edition : 1st Edition

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Synopsis :

Virtually Normal is an exploration of today's principal arguments about homosexuality, from the Catholic church to Michel Foucault. It is a book not about individual feelings but about the way society deals - or does not deal - with the homosexual minority. And, finally, it charts a new politics to lead us out of our cultural and political impasse - based not on the behaviour of the private citizen but on the activity of the state - and argues for full equality for homosexuals, especially in marriage and in the military. Virtually Normal is a political and moral treatise in the grand tradition. Impassioned, reasoned, subtle and uncompromising, it will set the terms of the debate on homosexuality for years to come; and will enable the bitter and unfocused arguments relating to outing, established religion and anti-gay prejudice to have an intellectual - and ultimately pragmatic - framework.

Présentation de l'éditeur:

no subject has divided contemporary America more bitterly than homosexuality.  Addressing the full range of the debate in this pathbreaking book, Andrew Sullivan, the former editor of The New Republic, restores both reason and humanity to the discussion over how a predominantly heterosexual society should deal with its homosexual citizens.

Sympathetically yet relentlessly, Sullivan assesses the prevailing public positions on homosexuality--from prohibitionist to liberationist and from conservative to liberal.  In their place, he calls for a politics of homosexuality that would guarantee the rights of gays and lesbians without imposing tolerance.  At once deeply personal and impeccably reasoned, written with elegance and wit, Virtually Normal will challenge readers of every persuasion; no book is more likely to transform out sexual politics in the coming decades.