1st Edition
Textures of Light Vision and Touch in Irigaray, Levinas and Merleau Ponty
By Cathryn Vasseleu
Copyright 1998
166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
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Textures of Light draws on the work of Luce Irigaray, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Emmanuel Levinas to present an outstanding and ground breaking study of the vital importance of light in Western thought. Since Plato's allegory of the cave, light and the role of sight have been accorded a unique position in Western thought. They have stood as a metaphor for truth and objectivity and the very axis... Read more
Acknowledgements TRUE LIGHT 1. Introduction CARNAL LIGHT 2. Introductory comments 3. Living Flesh 4. Vision in the Flesh 5. Touching Flesh PERVERSE LIGHT 6. Introductory comments 7. Scintillating Lighting 8. The Lightness of Touch 9. Illuminating Passion EROTIC LIGHT 10. Conclusion Notes References Index
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Cathryn Vasseleu
