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Recent inquiries into the concept of the gift have been largely
male-dominated and thus have ignored important aspects of the gift
from a woman s point of view. In the light of philosophical work by
Mauss, Levi-Strauss, Derrida, and Bataille, Women and the Gift
reflects how women respond to the notion of the gift and
relationships of giving. This collection evaluates and critiques
previous work on the gift and also responds to how women view care,
fidelity, generosity, trust, and independence in light of the
gift."
Luce Irigaray is one of the most influential philosophers and
theorists in the field of feminist thought, and her work is
considered both revolutionary and controversial. This volume offers
the first critical assessment of the relation between her early
poetic writings to her later political applied philosophy.
Contributors examine how the question of sexual difference has
unfolded in a wealth of different directions in Irigaray's later
work, focusing on the areas of nature and technology, social and
political theory and praxis, ethics, psychoanalysis, and
phenomenology. They also address whether there has been a radical
conceptual "turn" in Irigaray's thought by exploring the idea of a
"turn" as a return to themes that have concerned her all along. By
considering each of her views in relation to the entirety of her
work, readers will come to appreciate the richness of her thought.
Recent inquiries into the concept of the gift have been largely
male-dominated and thus have ignored important aspects of the gift
from a woman s point of view. In the light of philosophical work by
Mauss, Levi-Strauss, Derrida, and Bataille, Women and the Gift
reflects how women respond to the notion of the gift and
relationships of giving. This collection evaluates and critiques
previous work on the gift and also responds to how women view care,
fidelity, generosity, trust, and independence in light of the
gift."
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