Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Sapphic and Platonic Erotics 10
6. 2 Paradoxical Passions in Shelley and Nietzsche 24
7. 3 Simone de Beauvoir’s Desperate Housewives 40
8. 4 Levinas: Love, Justice and Responsibility 58
9. 5 Colonial Love in Fanon and Moffatt 75
10. 6 Irigaray: Re-directing the Gift of Love 93
11. 7 Barthes: A Lover’s (Internet) Discourses 110
12. 8 Butler and Foucault: Que(e)rying Marriage 126
13. 9 Amorous Politics: Between Derrida and Nancy 142
14. Conclusion 157
15. References 163
16. Index 170