Amia Srinivasan - The Right to Sex

Written by Amia Srinivasan. Themes include Literary Collections, Essays, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social Science.

A Sunday Times Bestseller
Blackwell's Book Of The Year 2021

Essential lessons on the world we live in, from one of our greatest young thinkers - a guide to what everybody is talking about today

'Unparalleled and extraordinary . . . A bracing revivification of a crucial lineage in feminist writing' Jia Tolentino

'I believe Amia Srinivasan's work will change the world' Katherine Rundell

'Rigorously researched, but written with such spark and verve. The best non-fiction book I have read this year' Pandora Sykes

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How should we talk about sex?

It is a thing we have and also a thing we do; a supposedly private act laden with public meaning; a personal preference shaped by outside forces; a place where pleasure and ethics can pull wildly apart.

To grasp sex in all its complexity - its deep ambivalences, its relationship to gender, class, race and power - we need to move beyond 'yes and no', wanted and unwanted. We need to rethink sex as a political phenomenon.

Searching, trenchant and extraordinarily original, The Right to Sex is a landmark examination of the politics and ethics of sex in this world, animated by the hope of a different one.

Shortlisted For The Orwell Prize 2022
Longlisted For The Polari First Book Prize 2022
Longlisted For The British Academy Book Prize 2022

Format: Paperback

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