Speculum of the Other Woman
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (685 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801493307 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-02 |
| Language | : | French |
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There is no other text that attempts to do readings of major texts within the Western philosophical tradition using Lacanian, Derridean, and feminist tools. Gillian C. "Speculum of the Other Woman is a major text in the post-1968 feminist inquiry in France. Gill offers a remarkable performance in translating without betraying a very challenging text."Elaine Marks. It will be of interest to feminists, psychoanalysts, philosophers, and literary critics
For the profession of psychoanalysis, Irigaray believes, female sexuality has remained a "dark continent," unfathomable and unapproachable; its nature can only be misunderstood by those who continue to regard women in masculine terms. Speculum of the Other Woman by Luce Irigaray is incontestably one of the most important works in feminist theory to have been published in this generation. Between these two sections is "Speculum"ten meditative, widely ranging, and freely associational essays, each concerned with an aspect of the history of Western philosophy in its relation to woman, in which Irigaray explores woman's essential difference from man.. In the first section of the book, "The Blind Spot of an Old Dream of Symmetry," Irigaray rereads Freud's essay "Femininity," and his other writings on women, bringing to the fore the masculine ideology implicit in psychoanalytic theory and in Western discourse in general: woman is defined as a disadvantaged man, a male construct with no status of her own.In the last
Jennifer F Armstrong said Turns the speculum on those inhabiting the caves of semi-consciousness. [[VIDEOID:mo1VC"Turns the speculum on those inhabiting the caves of semi-consciousness" according to Jennifer F Armstrong. [[VIDEOID:mo1VC2RGD9KIPTurns the speculum on those inhabiting the caves of semi-consciousness Jennifer F Armstrong [[VIDEOID:mo1VC2RGD9KIP4H]]Many people misread Luce Irigaray as if she were a gender essentialist. I think it's because irony is falling into disrepute as something elitist or hard to grasp. She is, however, an ironist. How could one take a book entitled, Speculum of the other Woman" as anything but ironic? (Apparently, there was meant to be a comma after "other", but th. H]]Many people misread Luce Irigaray as if she were a gender essentialist. I think it's because irony is falling into disrepute as something elitist or hard to grasp. She is, however, an ironist. How could one take a book entitled, Speculum of the other Woman" as anything but ironic? (Apparently, there was meant to be a comma after "other", but th. RGD9KIPTurns the speculum on those inhabiting the caves of semi-consciousness Jennifer F Armstrong [[VIDEOID:mo1VC2RGD9KIP4H]]Many people misread Luce Irigaray as if she were a gender essentialist. I think it's because irony is falling into disrepute as something elitist or hard to grasp. She is, however, an ironist. How could one take a book entitled, Speculum of the other Woman" as anything but ironic? (Apparently, there was meant to be a comma after "other", but th. H]]Many people misread Luce Irigaray as if she were a gender essentialist. I think it's because irony is falling into disrepute as something elitist or hard to grasp. She is, however, an ironist. How could one take a book entitled, Speculum of the other Woman" as anything but ironic? (Apparently, there was meant to be a comma after "other", but th. Martin Asiner said Women are "There" (but not really). In Speculum of the Other, Woman (197Women are "There" (but not really) Martin Asiner In Speculum of the Other, Woman (1974), Luce Irigaray began what would eventually be seen as an ongoing controversy in her struggle to end the millennia-old stranglehold that a western patriarchy held on women. Losing her job as a college professor merely due to her upsetting the psychoanalytic tenets of Freud and Lacan did not deter her from devalorizing this masculine-. ), Luce Irigaray began what would eventually be seen as an ongoing controversy in her struggle to end the millennia-old stranglehold that a western patriarchy held on women. Losing her job as a college professor merely due to her upsetting the psychoanalytic tenets of Freud and Lacan did not deter her from devalorizing this masculine-. Nice feminist critique of Freud, Plato, and others The first section is especially wonderful: a complete analysis of Freud's construction of women's sexuality and development. She has a great style with many a qwirk to keep you entertained. The second section includes free-form essays on Aristotle, Kant, Plato, Descartes and other representatives of the Western male philosophical canon. The last section is a complete ana