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Through structured parts that move from the shock of insult and everyday life, to reflections on Wilde-era specters, and finally to Michel Foucault’s heterotopias, the book links private feelings with public discourse, family, professions, and political imagination. 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Printed in the United  \nStates of America on acid-free paper $ Designed by Amy Ruth Buchanan. Typeset in Quadraat by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book.  \nduke university press gratefully acknowledges the support of the gill foundation, which provided funds toward the translation and  \ndistribution of this book.  \nouvrage publié avec le concours du ministère français chargé dela culture—centre national du livre.  \nthis work was published with the help of the french ministry of culture—centre national du livre.  \nEnglish translation ∫ 2004 Duke University Press. Réflexions sur la question gay by Didier Eribon ∫ Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1999.  \nFor Marie Ymonet  \nTo know how to get free is not so hard; what is arduous is to know how tobe free.  \nandré gide, The Immoralist Contents  \nPreface xi  \nAcknowledgments xxiii  \nAbbreviations xxv  \nIntroduction: The Language of the Tribe 1  \npart 1  \nA World of Insult 13  \n1  \nThe Shock of Insult 15  \n2  \nThe Flight to the City 18  \n3  \nFriendship as a Way of Life 24  \n4  \nSexuality and Professions 29  \n5  \nFamily and ‘‘Melancholy’’ 35  \n6  \nThe City and Conservative Discourse 41 7  \nTo Tell or Not to Tell 46  \n8  \nHeterosexual Interpellation 56  \n9  \nThe Subjected ‘‘Soul’’ 64  \n10  \nCaricature and Collective Insult 70 11  \nInversions 79  \n12  \nOn Sodomy 88  \n13  \nSubjectivity and Private Life 97  \n14  \nExistence Precedes Essence 107  \n15  \nUnrealizable Identity 113  \n16  \nPerturbations 124  \n17  \nThe Individual and the Group 130 part 2  \nSpecters of Wilde 141  \n1  \nHow ‘‘Arrogant Pederasts’’ Come into Being 143  \n2  \nAn Unspeakable Vice 153  \n3  \nA Nation of Artists 160  \n4  \nPhilosopher and Lover 168  \n5  \nMoral Contamination 176  \n6  \nThe Truth of Masks 182  \n7  \nThe Greeks against the Psychiatrists 190  \n8  \nThe Democracy of Comrades 197  \n9  \nMargot-la-boulangère and the Baronne-aux-épingles 206 10  \nFrom Momentary Pleasures to Social Reform 213  \n11  \nThe Will to Disturb 223  \n12  \nThe ‘‘Preoccupation with Homosexuality’’ 231  \npart 3  \nMichel Foucault’s Heterotopias 245  \n1  \nMuch More Beauty 247  \n2  \nFrom Night to the Light of Day 250  \n3  \nThe Impulse to Escape 256  \n4  \nHomosexuality and Unreason 264  \n5  \nThe Birth of Perversion 274  \n6  \nThe Third Sex 281  \n7  \nProducing Subjects 289  \n8  \nPhilosophy in the Closet 296","cbCaiqN5JHCBDWok","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqN5JHCBDWok","pdf",1980908,622,"English","# Introduction: The Language of the Tribe\n# A World of Insult\n## The Shock of Insult\n## The Flight to the City\n## Friendship as a Way of Life\n## Sexuality and Professions\n## Family and “Melancholy”\n## The City and Conservative Discourse\n## To Tell or Not to Tell\n## Heterosexual Interpellation\n## The Subjected “Soul”\n## Caricature and Collective Insult\n## Inversions\n## On Sodomy\n## Subjectivity and Private Life\n## Existence Precedes Essence\n## Unrealizable Identity\n## Perturbations\n## The Individual and the Group\n# Specters of Wilde\n## How “Arrogant Pederasts” Come into Being\n## An Unspeakable Vice\n## A Nation of Artists\n## Philosopher and Lover\n## Moral Contamination\n## The Truth of Masks\n## The Greeks against the Psychiatrists\n## The Democracy of Comrades\n## Margot-la-boulangère and the Baronne-aux-épingles\n## From Momentary Pleasures to Social Reform\n## The Will to Disturb\n## The “Preoccupation with Homosexuality”\n# Michel Foucault’s Heterotopias\n## Much More Beauty\n## From Night to the Light of Day\n## The Impulse to Escape\n## Homosexuality and Unreason\n## The Birth of Perversion\n## The Third Sex\n## Producing Subjects\n## Philosophy in the Closet","[{\"question\":\"What central idea connects insult and gay self-formation in the book?\",\"answer\":\"The book frames insult as a force that shapes how gay subjectivity is constructed, through language, social interpretation, and cultural stereotyping that feed into identity formation.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the book organized across its three major parts?\",\"answer\":\"It moves from a first part on a world of insult and everyday life, to a second part engaging Wilde-related specters, and then to a third part drawing on Michel Foucault’s heterotopias.\"},{\"question\":\"Which themes are repeatedly discussed across the chapters?\",\"answer\":\"Chapters address sexuality and professions, family dynamics and melancholy, city discourse, disclosure and unspeakability, caricature and collective insult, and the relationship between private life and broader social norms.\"}]","Insult and the Making of the Gay Self - English Translation 2004 | PDF",1792014672,958]