The philosophy of Viagra : bioethical responses to the Viagrification of the modern world / edited by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Botz-Bornstein, Thorsten.

Series:

Value inquiry book series ; v. 230.

Value inquiry book series. Philosophy of sex and love.

Value inquiry book series ; v. 230. Philosophy of sex and love

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impotence--Social aspects.

Impotence.

Sex (Psychology).

Sldenafil.

Pharmaceutical industry.

Bioethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The impotency remedy Viagra is the fastest selling drug in history. It has grown beyond being simply a medical phenomenon, but has achieved the status of cultural icon, appearing on television as a pretext for jokes or even as a murder weapon. Viagra has socio-cultural implications that are not limited to sexuality. The Philosophy of Viagra offers a unique perspective as it examines the phenomenon of Viagra through ideas derived from more than two thousand years of philosophical reasoning. In philosophy, Eros has always had a central position. Since Plato, philosophy has held that desire is not only a medical but also a spiritual phenomenon and that scientific explanations claiming to give an exhaustive account of erotic perception are misleading. Philosophical ideas are able to debunk various scientific rationalizations of sexuality – one of which is the clinical-sexological discourse on Viagra. In this volume, several authors interpret Viagra through the lens of classical philosophy explicating the themes of immortality and hedonism. Others offer psychoanalytical considerations by confronting clinical sexology with psychological realities. Still others evoke intercultural aspects revealing the relative character of potency that the phenomenon of Viagra attempts to gloss over.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

VIAGRA, LIFESTYLE, AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE / Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

EROS, VIAGRA, AND THE GOOD LIFE: REFLECTIONS ON CEPHALUS AND PLATONIC MODERATION / Sophie Bourgault

DIOGENES OF SINOPE GETS HARD ON VIAGRA / Robert Vuckovich

A QUESTION OF VIRTUOUS SEX: WOULD ARISTOTLE TAKE VIAGRA? / Thomas Kapper

MAN’S FALLEN STATE: ST. AUGUSTINE ON VIAGRA / Kevin Guilfoy

VIAGRA AND THE UTOPIA OF IMMORTALITY / Robert Redeker

ENHANCING DESIRE PHILOSOPHICALLY: FEMINISM, VIAGRA, AND THE BIOPOLITICS OF THE FUTURE / Connie C. Price

RED PILL OR BLUE PILL? VIAGRA AND THE VIRTUAL / Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

VIRILITY, VIAGRA, AND VIRTUE: RE-READING HUMANE VITAE IN AN AFRICAN LIGHT / Anthony Okeregbe

ERECTING NEW GOALS FOR MEDICINE: VIAGRA AND MEDICALIZATION / Dónal O’Mathúna

DESIRE AND ITS MYSTERIES: ERECTILE STIMULATORS BETWEEN THIGHS AND SELVES / Claude-Raphaël Samama

AMERICA AND VIAGRA OR HOW THE WHITE NEGRO BECAME A LITTLE WHITER: VIAGRA AS AN AFRO-DISIAC / Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

DAVID HUME MEETS VIAGRA: THE MISUSE OF THE SCIENCE OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION / Herbert Roseman

A SHORT NOTE ON VIAGRA AND THANATOS / Herbert Roseman

COMPARATIVE MELIORATION AND PATHOLOGICAL PATHOGENIZATION IN VIAGRA MARKETING / Roman Meinhold

ERECTUS INTERRUPTUS: ALL ERECTIONS ARE NOT EQUAL / Bassam Romaya

WORKS CITED

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

INDEX

VIBS.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-012-0036-X

OCLC:

742516085

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401200363 DOI