Publications
Books
A Phenomenology of Queerness
A Phenomenology of Love as Event
The Philosophy of Emmanuel Falque
Jean-Luc Nancy after the Theological Turn
Bloomsbury, 2027 (expected)
This book offers an abstract philosophical description of the distinctiveness of 'queer' relationships. The starting point is that these relationships challenge us to take a critical look at the relational norm—the prescriptive idea of how a relationship 'should' work. In this way, the queer perspective can therefore be extremely useful to heterosexuals as well, given that they too often experience difficulties with the relational norm. By exploring a range of themes—such as minority consciousness, the AIDS crisis, the Pride movement, and kink and BDSM—the book demonstrates how valuable the queer perspective can be in reinventing our relationships.
Bloomsbury, 2026
This book develops an original philosophy of love by exploring what love actually does to us. It presents love as the defining experience of being human and describes this experience as an 'event'—something that happens to us completely out of the blue, yet nevertheless instantly changes our whole lives. In this way, the book explains why love is so often accompanied by feelings of insecurity, anxiety, and desire.
Bloomsbury, 2026
An introduction to the work of the contemporary philosopher Emmanuel Falque, focussing on his understanding of love, sexuality, and the human body. Falque reminds us that loving is not merely a mental decision, but a lived, corporeal reality—with all its beautiful and painful aspects.
Bloomsbury, 2025
An overview of the work of Jean-Luc Nancy, a leading French philosopher, in relation to contemporary French philosophy. This book devotes particular and extensive attention to Nancy's concept of corporeality: how do we, as human beings, inhabit our bodies and experience the world through them?
Scholarly articles (selection)
Sex and Symbol
An Ontology of the Queer Community
Queer
Een theoretische inleiding en overzicht
The Nature of Love
Diagnosing the Heteronormativity of Contemporary French Phenomenology
Queer Phenomenology of Religion
Care and Decay
A Phenomenology of the Queer Body (with Constant Reference to the HIV-Positive Flesh)