Topic: The Philosophy of Viagra
Published Rodopi in the "Philosophy of Sex and Love" series. Series editor: Adrienne McEvoy. Volume editor: Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
What do philosophers have to say about the "viagrification" culture? Is there a philosophical principle behind Viagra as a cultural phenomenon?
Possible subjects are:
Viagra and Posthumanism (artificial life)
The Body as a Machine
Reality and Desire
Pursuing Hedonism. Why not?
Non-natural sex?
Ethical concerns about Viagra
The Death of the Erotic?
Viagra and the Virtual. Through Viagra the desire is not created but has always been there in a virtual (that is, not actual but also not non-actual) form. Through Viagra the desire becomes (virtually) real.
The self and the other in viagrified perception
Male and female conceptions of sexuality in conflict
Send abstracts to thorstenbotz@hotmail.com. Deadline for abstracts: October 1 2009. For articles: July 1 2010.
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