Books by Americas Most Dangerous Academics (Part VI)
Discover the provocative world of America's most dangerous academics in Part VI of our curated book list. Featuring influential works like Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's *Between Men* and radical feminist classics including *All About Love* and *Feminism Is for Everybody*, this collection challenges conventional thought on education, gender, and art. Explore subversive ideas from leading scholars in this essential reading list on politics, culture, and social change.
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Between Men
by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
At the time of its first appearance in 1985 Between Men was viewed as an important intervention into Feminist as well as Gay and Lesbian studies. It was an important book because it argued that "sexuality" and "desire" were not a historical phenomenon but carefully managed social constructs. This insight (that actually originated with Michael Foucault) is often viewed as anti-humanist or post-humanist because it argues that men and women are simply the products of patriarchal power relations over which they have no control. By mobilizing Foucault's theories of the history of sexuality Sedgwick re-fashions Feminism and Gay and Lesbian Studies to make it seem as though Feminism and Gay and Lesbian studies are ideally situated to continue those interventions into the history of sexuality begun by Foucault.
