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DESCRIPTION:We are very excited to announce that Alenka Zupančič (Institute
  of Philosophy\, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts\; European Graduat
 e School) will be giving the 2023 Sex in Theory Annual Lecture (formerly t
 he Queer Theory Annual Lecture).\n\nHer talk\, titled 'Desire\,' will be h
 eld on Thursday\, March 23\, at 5pm (Arts W-215). For more information\, p
 lease visit: https://www.sexintheory.org.\n\nOver the last decade or two\,
  the question of desire seems to have all but disappeared from theoretical
  approaches to sexuality and its vicissitudes\, in favor of a focus on enj
 oyment and drive\, or on deconstructing the power of the norms that guide 
 our thinking about sexuality. Although desire cannot simply be divorced fr
 om these concerns\, it has its own autonomous conceptual core. It is linke
 d to the violent emergence of subjectivity and raises questions that go be
 yond and are more fundamental than those of individuality and its forms of
  enjoyment or identity. Subjectivity is not the same as individuality\, an
 d desire in particular tends to break down the usual moorings and supports
  of identity. The relationship between desire and fantasy also deserves cl
 oser consideration. The talk will focus on the disruptive\, destabilizing\
 , and even destructive nature of desire\, without viewing these traits as 
 simply and inherently “bad” or as something best avoided and suppressed.\n
 \nProfessor Alenka Zupančič is the author of Let Them Rot: Antigone's Para
 llax (2023)\, What IS Sex? (2017)\, Ethics of the Real: Kant and Lacan (20
 12)\,The Odd One In: On Comedy (2008)\, and The Shortest Shadow: Nietzsche
 's Philosophy of the Two (2003).\n\nThe Sex in Theory Annual Lecture is ho
 sted by the Institute for Gender\, Sexuality\, and Feminist Studies (IGSF)
 . Launched in 2022 as the Queer Theory Annual Lecture\, the event has sinc
 e been renamed to reflect our broader interest in the persistence of sex a
 s an object of thought in the theoretical humanities\, as well as in the e
 xpansive and evasive field that constitutes the sexual itself. Taking a pu
 rposefully capacious approach\, the series considers the role of sex\, bro
 adly construed\, in the making and unmaking of the modern human subject\, 
 in ethics and intersubjective relations\, and in aesthetic and cultural pr
 oduction.\n\nThis event is hosted by the Institute for Gender\, Sexuality\
 , and Feminist Studies\, with the support of the Department of Art History
  and Communication Studies.\n\nLink to Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/2zJ
 TJWtiP\n
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SUMMARY:Sex in Theory Annual Lecture: Alenka Zupančič 'Desire'
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs/channels/event/sex-theory-annual-lecture-ale
 nka-zupancic-desire-346493
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