Where Does Sexuality Come From? Sex and Institution: A Knot

Abstract

This essay analyzes the origin of sexuality and its relationship with the institution. The issue is addressed from the perspective of psychoanalysis (Freud, Lacan), anthropology (Claude Lévi-Strauss) and philosophy (Foucault, Butler, Zupančič, Žižek). From the analysis of sexual difference as “real/impossible” a perspective comes to light: sex it is not a symbolic construct and not even an extra-symbolic reference, but what marks the irreducible (contradiction) limit of the symbolic order.

Keywords:

• Butler Keyword: Butler
• foucault Keyword: foucault
• Freud Keyword: Freud
• gender Keyword: gender
• institution Keyword: institution
• Lacan Keyword: Lacan
• lévi-strauss Keyword: lévi-strauss
• Nature-culture Divide Keyword: Nature-culture Divide
• sex Keyword: sex
• Žižek Keyword: Žižek
• Zupanč Keyword: Zupanč

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