What's the use? : on the uses of use / Sara Ahmed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahmed, Sara, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Utilitarianism--Philosophy--19th century.

Utilitarianism.

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Education, Higher.

Universities and colleges--Sociological aspects.

Universities and colleges.

Queer theory.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

What is the use?

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"In What's the Use? Sara Ahmed continues the work she began in The Promise of Happiness and Willful Subjects by taking up a single word--in this case, use--and following it around. She shows how use became associated with life and strength in nineteenth century biological and social thought and considers how utilitarianism offered a set of educational techniques for shaping individuals by directing them toward useful ends. Ahmed also explores how spaces become restricted to some uses and users with specific reference to universities. She notes, however, the potential for queer use: how things can be used in ways that were not intended or by those for whom they were not intended. Ahmed posits queer use as way of reanimating the project of diversity work as the ordinary and painstaking work of opening up institutions to those who have historically been excluded from them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A useful archive

Using things

The biology of use and disuse

Use as technique

Use and the university

Queer use.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ahmed, Sara, 1969- What's the use?

ISBN:

9781478005841

147800584X

9781478006503

1478006501

OCLC:

1083465883