{"product_id":"sex-and-nothing-bridges-from-psychoanalysis-to-philosophy-9781782203384","title":"Sex and Nothing: Bridges from Psychoanalysis to Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alejandro Cerda-Rueda\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Karnac Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychotherapy - Psychoanalysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45237605204119,"sku":"9781782203384","price":3154.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781782203384.webp?v=1769217046","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sex-and-nothing-bridges-from-psychoanalysis-to-philosophy-9781782203384","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}