Sexual Orientation and Identity by Matthew Andler - 9781032193649

Name: Sexual Orientation and Identity by Matthew Andler - 9781032193649
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Sexual Orientation and IdentityA Philosophical Analysis\nAuthor(s): Matthew Andler\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032193649, 978-1032193649\nSynopsis\nSexual orientation and how we might understand it is a topic that arouses significant controversy. Is sexual orientation a natural or social phenomenon? Are categories such as 'queer' and 'straight' essential to the human condition or dependent on contingent cultural practices? While such questions have been considered from the perspectives of sociology and gender studies, they remain relatively underexplored from a philosophical standpoint.\n\nIn this book, Matthew Andler breaks new ground examining the metaphysics of sexuality. Distinguishing sexual orientation and sexual identity, he asks why only certain aspects of sexuality count as sexual orientations, arguing that sexual dispositions can only become sexual orientations in virtue of being related to heterop.