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 Le Doeuff, Drucilla Cornell, Jacques Derrida, Judith
Butler, and Charles Taylor.
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