The Irigaray Reader
Luce Irigaray
1st Edition
Published on 29. October 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-0-631-17043-3 (ISBN)
Description
Luce Irigaray is one of the leading French feminist philosophers and psychoanalysts. The Irigaray Reader is a collection of her most important paeprs to date, ranging across feminism, philosophy, psychoanalysis and linguistics. A number of them appear here for the first time in English.
Reviews / Votes
"A magnificent sample of the best and the boldest of Irigaray's writings and the projects she calls for and calls forth. An excellent text for both introductory and advanced work on Irigaray." Choice"Essential reading for those who seek a genuine understanding of the breadth and radicalism of her oeuvre. " The Modern Language Review
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
369 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-17043-3 (9780631170433)
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Person
Margaret Whitford is also the editor of Luce Irigaray: Philosophy in the Feminine (1991).
Content
Acknowledgements. Introduction.
Glossary..
Section I: The critique of Patriarchy.
Introduction to Section I.
1. Equal or different.
2. The bodily encounter wit the mother.
3. Women-mothers, the silent substratum of the social order.
4. Volume without contours..
Section II: Psychoanalysis and language.
Introduction to section II.
5. The poverty of psychoanalysis.
6. the limit of the transference.
7. The power of discourse and the subordination of the feminine.
8. Questions.
9. The three genres..
Section III: Ethics and subjectivity: towards the future.
Introduction to Section III.
10. Sexual difference.
11. Questions to Emmanuel Levinas.
12. Women-amongst-themselves: creating a woman-woman sociality.
13. The necessity for sexuate rights.
14. How to define sexuate rights?.
15. He risks who risks life itself.
Bibliography.
Index.
Glossary..
Section I: The critique of Patriarchy.
Introduction to Section I.
1. Equal or different.
2. The bodily encounter wit the mother.
3. Women-mothers, the silent substratum of the social order.
4. Volume without contours..
Section II: Psychoanalysis and language.
Introduction to section II.
5. The poverty of psychoanalysis.
6. the limit of the transference.
7. The power of discourse and the subordination of the feminine.
8. Questions.
9. The three genres..
Section III: Ethics and subjectivity: towards the future.
Introduction to Section III.
10. Sexual difference.
11. Questions to Emmanuel Levinas.
12. Women-amongst-themselves: creating a woman-woman sociality.
13. The necessity for sexuate rights.
14. How to define sexuate rights?.
15. He risks who risks life itself.
Bibliography.
Index.