A Queer Theory of the State
Floating Opera Press
A Queer Theory of the State
Floating Opera Press
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.
An Excellent. . . Book David Rutledge, The Philosopher's Zone ABC Radio, https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/queer-vs-the-state/103323052
This short book contributes to the burgeoning body of literature that challenges queer theory to seriously consider questions pertaining to material change and outcomes within the state by revisiting the debate between LGBT studies and queer theory. It is important reading for academics working with queer theory who are interested in purposeful critique, and can serve as an accessible introduction to this central debate for students. Georgia Peters, International Feminist Journal of Politics
- Listen to Samuel Clowes Huneke on the New Books Network
- Listen to Samuel Clowes Huneke on In Bed With the Right
- Listen to Samuel Clowes Huneke on ABC's The Philosopher's Zone
- Listen to Samuel Huneke on the American Prestige Podcast
- Read an Oped from Samuel Huneke
- Read An Interview with Samuel on the Journal of the History of Ideas Blog