Queer Science: Use and Abuse of Research on Homosexuality - Hardcover

LeVay, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262121999 ISBN 13: 9780262121996

Verlag: MIT Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

What makes people gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual and do people care? These are the twins themes of this volume, which is a scientific and social analysis of research in the field of sexual orientation.

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What makes people gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual? And who cares? These are the twin themes of Queer Science, a scientific and social analysis of research in the field of sexual orientation. Written by one of the leading scientists involved in this research, it looks at how scientific discoveries about homosexuality influence society's attitude toward gays and lesbians, beginning with the theories of the German sexologist and gay-rights pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld and culminating with the latest discoveries in brain science, genetics, and endocrinology, and cognitive psychology. Research into homosexuality exemplifies both the promise and the danger of science applied to human nature. LeVay argues that the question of causation should not be the crucial issue in the gay-rights debate, but that science does have an important contribution to make. It can help to demonstrate that the traditional and still prevalent view of homosexuality - as a mere set of behaviors that anyone might show - is inadequate, and that gays and lesbians are in a real sense a distinct group of people within the larger society with a privileged insight into their own natures.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: MIT Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0262121999
• ISBN 13: 9780262121996
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar