Routledge Revivals: Homosexuality: a Research Guide (1987) by Dynes Wayne R.;

Author:Dynes, Wayne R.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group

B. Political Theory

Several of the pioneers of homosexual studies, including Edward Carpenter and Kurt Hiller, were socialists of one sort or another, while others, such as Hans Bluher and Benedikt Friedlaender, advocated conservative theories (see I.B). Owing in part to the conjunction of the rise of gay liberation (1969ff.) with the counterculture, much recent political theorizing has been influenced by New Left and radical feminist ideas. As the utopian hopes of the 1970s have faded and homosexuals and lesbians have concomitantly become less alienated from existing society, centrist opinions have become more prominent.

2763. BRADLEY, IAN. The Strange Rebirth of Liberal Britain. London: Chatto and Windus, 1985. 259 pp.

Extended political manifesto and prognosis, seeing homosexuals as playing a role in the revival of centrist politics in Britain.

2764. DAWSON, KIPP. Gay Liberation. New York: Pathfinder, 1975. 127 pp.

Marxist perspective of the Socialist Workers Party (Trotskyist).

2765. DYNES, WAYNE. “Homophobia—Liberal and Illiberal,” Gay Books Bulletin, no. 3 (1980), 2, 28.

Identifies a trend toward resistance to homosexual rights among some mainstream liberals in the 1970s.

2766. ENGELS, FRIEDRICH. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State; in the Light of the Researches of Levis H. Morgan. Translated by Alec West (revised). Introduction and notes by Eleanor Burke Leacock. New York: International Publishers, 1972. 285 pp.

In this work of speculative history, first published in German in 1884 and recently fashionable in some circles, Marx’s collaborator denounces the “abominable practice of sodomy” among the Greeks (p. 128). See also pp. 129, 140. See also Marx-Engels Werke (Berlin: Dietz, 1953ff.), vol. 32, p. 122 (on Karl Boruttau) and pp. 324–25 (attacks on K. H. Ulrichs and J. B. von Schweitzer).

2767. FERNBACH, DAVID. The Spiral Path: A Gay Contribution to Human Survival. Boston: Alyson, 1981. 240 pp.

Seeks to integrate perspectives of gay liberation, feminism, socialism, and ecology. Eccentric, stimulating, and occasionally bizarre. See also his: “Toward a Marxist Theory of Gay Oppression,” Socialist Revolution, 6:2 (1976), 29–41.

2768. FOURIER, FRANÇOIS MARIE CHARLES. Vers la liberté en amour. Edited, with an introduction by Daniel Guérin. Paris: Gallimard, 1975. 256 pp.

Collection of texts advocating sexual liberty by the French radical prophet (1772–1837). There are several English-language selections from Fourier’s work, but none focuses closely on his visionary sexual ideas—including same-sex relations.

2769. GAY LEFT COLLECTIVE (London). Homosexuality: Power and Politics. London: Allison and Busby, 1980. 224 pp.

Seventeen essays reflecting the viewpoint of the review Gay Left, from which some of them were reprinted.

2770. GIOVANNINI, FABIO. Comunisti e diversi: il PCI e la questione omosessuale. Bari: Dedalo, 1980. 206 pp.

Traces the halting efforts, mainly in the 1970s, of the Italian Communist Party to attain a better comprehension of homosexuality. For an indication of further progress, see Nichi Vendola, “L’omosessualita esce del ghetto,” Democrazia e diritto (September-October 1984).

2771. GOODMAN, GERRE, et al. No Turning Back: Lesbian and Gay Liberation for the v80s. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1983. 153 pp.

Attempting to bring up-to-date the New Left perspectives of the 1970s, presents a five-stage program for moving towards a liberated society, illustrating each stage with examples from the gay and other struggles.

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