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Many scholars have struggled with Irigarayâs focus on sexuate difference, in particular with her claim that it is âontological,â wondering if this implies a problematically naïve or essentialist account of sexuate difference. As a result, the ethical vision which Irigaray elaborates has not been taken up in a robust way in the fields of philosophy, feminism, or psychoanalysis. By tracing the notion of relation throughout Irigarayâs work, this book identifies a rigorous philosophical continuity between the three self-identified âphasesâ in Irigarayâs thought (despite some criticsâ concerns that there is a discontinuity between these phases) and clarifies the relational ontology that underlies Irigarayâs conceptualization of sexuate difference â one that always already implies an ethical project. The text demonstrates that an understanding of Irigarayâs Heideggerian inheritance â especially prominent in her later texts â is essential to grasping the sense of the idea that sexuate difference is ontological â it concerns Being, rather than beings. This book further develops potential applications of this ontological notion of a ârelational limitâ for the fields of philosophy, feminism, and psychotherapy. |
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