How to do things with pornography

'How to Do Things with Pornography' models a new way to write philosophically about pornography, women's self-objectification, hook-up culture, and other contemporary phenomena.

Unafraid to ask what philosophy contributes to our lives, Bauer argues that the profession's lack of interest in this question threatens to make its enterprise irrelevant.

Bauer criticizes two paradigmatic models of Western philosophizing: the Great Man model, according to which philosophy is the product of rare genius; and the scientistic model, according to which a community of researchers works together to discover once-and-for-all truths.