Overview
French philosopher Luce Irigaray is one of the foremost contemporary scholars in the fields of feminist thought and linguistics. In ""I Love to You"" , she moves from the critique of patriarchy to an exploration of the ground for a possible inter-subjectivity between the two sexes. Continuing her rejection of demands for equality, Irigaray poses the question: how can we move to a new era of sexual difference in which women and men establish lasting relations with one another without reducing the other to the status of object? Drawing upon Hegel, Irigaray proposes a dialectic appropriate to each sex as well as a dialectic of their relation. She argues for what she calls `sexed rights' and a right of persons based on the right to life, not the right to property. Using the results of her research into the sexing of language, Irigaray analyzes how women seek communication in discourse with the other - an ""other"", pre-occupied with his abstract or concrete object, who does not respond. She proposes another syntax for communication, one that does not incorporate the other as the object of the subject but allows for an indirect relation. Thus `I love ""to"" you' replaces `I love you'.
Full Product Details
Author: Luce Irigaray ,
Alison Martin ,
Alison Martin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.317kg
ISBN: 9780415907323
ISBN 10: 0415907322
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 25 January 1996
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
I have found I Love To You to be a rewarding and refreshing work... Irigaray's voice bears a welcome sense of warmth and engagement supported by the weight of her impressive scholarship and committed philosophical search. -- Journal of Religion and Culture
I have found I Love To You to be a rewarding and refreshing work... Irigaray's voice bears a welcome sense of warmth and engagement supported by the weight of her impressive scholarship and committed philosophical search. - Journal of Religion and Culture
I have found I Love To You to be a rewarding and refreshing work... Irigaray's voice bears a welcome sense of warmth and engagement supported by the weight of her impressive scholarship and committed philosophical search. <br>- Journal of Religion and Culture <br>
Author Information
French philosopher Luce Irigaray is one of the foremost contemporary scholars in the fields of feminist thought and linguistics. Her books Thinking the Difference, Je,Tu, Nous, and Elemental Passions are available from Routledge.
