Contra/dizioni I – Identity/Difference

The crisis of the subject as a notion at the heart of Western thought

CONTRA / DIZIONI – I intends to explore the crisis of the subject, the role of identity, its construction and its denial, offering an analysis of the main critical and theoretical tools developed by feminist thought and queer theory within the contemporary landscape characterised by geopolitical, economic and relational tensions.

Contra/dizioni, Identity/Difference

Lorenzo Bernini

What are queer theories? How do they think about sexuality? How do they relate to 'gender theory'? Each question generates others, in a fractal progression. The seminar will proceed by...

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