A Queer Theory of the State (Critic’s Essay Series)

Queer theory has often been hesitant to align itself with a politics of the state, approaching it with a negative or pragmatic framework. A Queer Theory of the State expands an earlier online essay from The Point by historian Samuel Huneke to offer a more optimistic perspective. Rather than eschew political engagement with democratic theorizing, Huneke asks how queer theory can wed its critically anti-normative impulses to the empirical need for a state. In answering this question, Huneke shows how the state is an integral component of a politics that seeks to subvert and undo the oppression of queer lives. Publisher ‏ : ‎ Floating Opera Press Release Date: December 12, 2023 Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 92 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3982389461 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3982389462 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 ounces Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.75 x 0.5 x 6.75 inches