Question
Answer the following about theoretical influences on José Esteban Muñoz’s queer theory book Cruising Utopia, for 10 points each.
[10h] Muñoz embraces the thought of this philosopher and uses his idea of “astonishment” to analyze Frank O’Hara’s “Having a Coke with You.” This philosopher theorized a “concrete utopia” in his book The Principle of Hope.
ANSWER: Ernst Bloch
[10e] Cruising Utopia is subtitled for a queer idea of this period and critiques a Lee Edelman book titled for its negation. Many transhumanists support a view named for this time period, which posits a technological singularity.
ANSWER: future [accept futurist or word forms; accept queer futurity; accept No Future]
[10m] Muñoz’s chapter on public sex cites Jacques Derrida’s writing on the logic of these beings. Derrida’s 1993 book on Marx is punningly titled for these beings and inspired a 2014 Mark Fisher book titled for them on “lost futures.”
ANSWER: ghosts [or specters; accept Specters of Marx; accept Ghosts of My Life]
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