Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 20:55:51 +0100
From: mary condren <mcondren-AT-tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: New Irigaray books



Where does she get the energy?  I will have to take up yoga.



At 19:52 02/08/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>Dear list,
>
>There are also two forthcoming books by Luce Irigaray, one is The Way To
>Love (November 2002) Hb 08264 5982 X; and a special edition of Paragraph, by
>and around the work of Luce Irigaray and edited by Luce Irigaray also
>November 2002 Pb 0 7486 1728 0.
>
>Andrea Wheeler
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "J Poxon" <poxon-AT-saclink.csus.edu>
>To: <french-feminism-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 3:02 PM
>Subject: New Irigaray book
>
>
>>
>> FYI, there's a new book on Irigaray by Penelope Deutscher, published by
>> Cornell UP. I haven't seen it yet, but it sounds interesting based on
>> the announcement (below), and as soon as I can get a copy I'll post my
>> response to the list.
>>
>> Judith Poxon
>> co-moderator, french-feminism
>> poxon-AT-saclink.csus.edu
>>
>> =========================================================================>>
>> A POLITICS OF IMPOSSIBLE DIFFERENCE
>>                 The Later Work of Luce Irigaray
>>
>>                 Penelope Deutscher
>>
>>                 The influential philosopher and theorist Luce
>>                 Irigaray has been faulted for giving more
>>                 importance to sexual difference than to race
>>                 and multiculturalism. Penelope Deutscher's
>>                 eagerly awaited book, the first to focus on
>>                 the scholar's controversial later works,
>>                 addresses this charge. Through a learned
>>                 critique of these lesser-known writings, the
>>                 book examines Irigaray's claim that the
>>                 politics of feminism and multiculturalism are
>> intrinsically linked.
>>
>> The volume also serves as a clear and comprehensive
>>                 introduction to her entire corpus.
>>
>>                 In her recent works, Irigaray promotes sexual difference
>> as the philosophical basis for legal, political, and linguistic
>> reform. Deutscher explores this approach and in particular
>> Irigaray's view that the very notion of difference is
>> culturally "impossible."
>>
>>                 Taking this concept of impossibility into consideration,
>> Deutscher evaluates Irigaray's contributions to contemporary
>> debates about the politics of identity, recognition,
>> diversity, and multiculturalism. In a balanced discussion, she
>> considers the philosopher's work from the perspective of fellow
>> critics including Michele LeDoeuff, Drucilla Cornell,
>> Jacques Derrida, Judith Butler, and Charles Taylor.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>      --- from list french-feminism-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
>>
>
>
>     --- from list french-feminism-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
>



     --- from list french-feminism-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---