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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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