Items related to An Ethics of Sexual Difference
Synopsis
"Who or what the other is, I never know. But the other who is forever unknowable is the one who differs from me sexually. This feeling of surprise, astonishment, and wonder in the face of the unknowable ought to be returned to its locus: that of sexual difference." Thus Luce Irigaray undertakes a searching inquiry into what may be the philosophical problem of our age. Irigaray approaches the question of sexual difference by looking at the ways in which thought and language―whether in philosophy, science, or psychoanalysis―are gendered. She juxtaposes evocative readings of classic texts, including Plato's Symposium, Aristotle's Physics, Descartes's "On Wonder" in The Passions of the Soul, Spinoza's Ethics, Merleau-Ponty's The Visible and the Invisible, and Levinas's Totality and Infinity, with meditations on experiences of love: between fetus and mother, between heterosexual lovers, between women, and between women and their own bodies.
Exploding traditional dualities such as inside/outside, form/content, subject/object, and self/other, Irigaray shows how an understanding of such experiences points to gender blindness in both classic and contemporary theory. Asserting that women have never known a love of self out of which a non-dominated love of the other is possible, Irigaray argues that only when women insist on the integrity of their own spaces of embodiment can love become the basis of a revolution in ethics.
Published in French in 1984, An Ethics of Sexual Difference is now available in English
in a superb translation by Carolyn Burke and Gillian C. Gill. Readers interested in feminist theory, literary theory, and philosophy―indeed anyone deeply concerned with gender relations―will be challenged by the brilliance and boldness of Irigaray's analyses.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Luce Irigaray, a trained, psychoanalyst, has two doctorates, one in linguistics and one in philosophy. Her books include Speculum of the Other, This Sex Which is Not One, and Ethics of Sexual Difference, all published by Cornell University Press.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherCornell University Press
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0801422256
- ISBN 13 9780801422256
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages232
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 201.29
Shipping:
US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Ethics of Sexual Difference
Published by
Cornell University Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 0801422256
ISBN 13: 9780801422256
Used
Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.11. Seller Inventory # G0801422256I4N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
An Ethics of Sexual Difference
Published by
Cornell University Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 0801422256
ISBN 13: 9780801422256
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Solr Books, Skokie, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Seller Inventory # 5D4000008EVF_ns
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
An Ethics of Sexual Difference
Published by
Cornell University Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 0801422256
ISBN 13: 9780801422256
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book. Seller Inventory # 24-0801422256-G
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
An Ethics of Sexual Difference
Published by
Cornell University Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 0801422256
ISBN 13: 9780801422256
New
Hardcover
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLING22Oct1916240259832
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
An Ethics of Sexual Difference
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 232 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # x-0801422256
Quantity: 2 available
Seller Image
ETHICS OF SEXUAL DIFFERENCE
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Gebunden. Condition: New. Irigaray approaches the question of sexual difference by looking at the ways in which thought and language-whether in philosophy, science, or psychoanalysis-are gendered. Seller Inventory # 595002563
Quantity: Over 20 available