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Inversion: Gay Life After the Homosexual

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Edited by Amir Naaman and Pierre d’Alancaisez. With contributions by Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, Oliver Davis, Yotam Feldman, and Marcas Lancaster.

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Special pre-publication offer: pre-order Inversion and get £2 off.
Pre-orders will be dispatched in November 2025.
Note: US orders will be fulfilled by our US distributor and will be unaffected by import tariffs.

While it was until recently deviant to promote gay lifestyles, it is now ‘problematic’ to suggest that not all departures from the norm are in the homosexual’s best interest. In the world of coercive affirmation, a new wave of discontent rises among the once-keenest proponents of sexual progress: gay men. 

Bold and daring, the essays in Inversion reflect on the vicious cycle of debasement, acceptance, sacrifice, and liberation that homosexuality has been stuck in for longer than it wishes to acknowledge.

Inversion considers the cultural and political aspects of gay life after homosexuality as it battles with queerness and the allure of a reactionary return, pharmacologically fueled sexual degeneration, and existential dread. Has the gay man — homosexual, queer, or inverted — rendered himself obsolete?

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Weight0.45 kg
Dimensions19 × 11 × 3 cm
Title

Inversion: Gay Life After the Homosexual

Publisher

Verdurin

Author

Amir Naaman and Pierre d'Alancaisez (eds). Contributions by Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, Oliver Davis, Yotam Feldman, and Marcas Lancaster.

Book binding

Paperback

Release date

12 Nov 2025

Pages

420

Condition

new

ISBN/EAN        9781068450709

  • Blake Smith

    Blake Smith is a historian and translator who lives in Chicago.

  • Roger Lancaster

    Roger Lancaster is a professor of anthropology and cultural studies at George Mason University.

  • David Moulton

    David Moulton is a writer and independent researcher.

  • Stephen Adubato

    Stephen Adubato is a writer and host of Cracks in Postmodernity.

  • Amir Naaman

    Amir Naaman is a novelist and a personal trainer. He is involved in Verdurin publishing and events.

  • Ran Heilbrunn

    Ran Heilbrunn is a writer and scholar whose work focuses on technology, political theory, and current affairs.

  • Pierre d’Alancaisez

    Pierre d’Alancaisez is a curator and critic, and the founder of Verdurin.

  • Travis Jeppesen

    Travis Jeppesen is the author of numerous books and the creator of object-oriented writing.

  • Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis is Professor of French at University College Cork and co-author of Hatred of Sex.

  • Yotam Feldman

    Yotam Feldmam is a writer, filmmaker, and editor and a (self) trained metaphysical detective.

  • Marcas Lancaster

    Marcas Lancaster is a writer, producer, and self confessed ‘failed gay’.

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