hope and the humanist imagination
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Plummer, Ken
- Publish Year
- 2015
- Shelfmark
- WER 3 2015 - B
- Thesaurus
- seksualiteit, LHBT, intersectionaliteit, seksueel geweld, religie, globalisering, 21e eeuw
- Description
- Whilst some countries have legislated same-sex marriage and the United Nations makes declarations about gender and sexual equality, many countries across the world employ punitive responses to such differences. In this study Plummer argues the need for a project of hope that he calls ‘cosmopolitan sexualities’. He asks: how can we connect our differences with collective values, our uniqueness with multiple group belonging, our sexual and gendered individualities with a broader common humanity? He discusses the many possible pitfalls being encountered. He highlights the complexity of sexual and gender cultures, the ubiquity of human conflict, the difficulties of dialogue and the problems with finding any common ground for our humanity.