1st Edition

Luce Irigaray Philosophy in the Feminine

By Margaret Whitford Copyright 1991
252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

An ideal introduction to Igigaray's whole corpus, which includes previously untranslated texts.

Introduction Introductory remarks; Chapter 1 Feminism and Utopia; Psychoanalysis; Chapter 2 Subjectivity and language; Chapter 3 Rationality and the imaginary; Chapter 4 Maternal genealogy and the symbolic; Philosophy; Chapter 5 The same, the semblance, and the other; Chapter 6 Identity and violence; Chapter 7 Ethics, sexuality, and embodiment; Chapter 8 Women and/in the social contract;

Biography

Margaret Whitford

`Margaret Whitford's exploration of Luce Irigaray's work represents a landmark in the study of contemporary French thought. Lucid, rigorous and consistently assessible... Essential reading for students of French thought.' - Modern and Contemporary France