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The masochist, the voyeur, the sadist, the sodomite, the fetishist, the pedophile, and the necrophiliac all expose hidden but essential elements of the social relation. Arguing that the concept of perversion, usually stigmatized, ought rather to be understood as a necessary stage in the development of all non-psychotic subjects, the essays in "Perversion and the Social Relation" consider the usefulness of the category of the perverse for exploring how social relations are formed, maintained, and transformed.

By focusing on perversion as a psychic structure rather than as aberrant behavior,...

Uncovers theory of social change implicit in the writings of radical social theorists, such as Pierre Bourdieu, Michel de Certeau, Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau, and Slavoj i ek. This title illuminates how this new theory calls into question accepted views of social practices, subject formation, democratic interaction, hegemony, and more.

The author uncovers an innovative theory of social change implicit in the work of social theorists such as Bourdieu, de Certeau, Butler, Laclau, and Slavoj i ek. Based on an ineradicable excess in the social field, this theory transforms current views of subject formation, democratic interaction, and the ethics of alterity."