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The Politics of Impossible Difference - The Later Work of Luce Irigaray (Hardcover)
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The Politics of Impossible Difference - The Later Work of Luce Irigaray (Hardcover)
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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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