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Part of the book: Luce Irigaray and the Question of the Divine

Alison Martin

MHRA Texts and Dissertations 53

Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association

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Abstract.  Irigaray’s thought has stimulated much debate, some of it heated by the place and moment of its reception. This chapter discusses a number of significant issues that have arisen in response to her work by outlining in general terms the manner in which it has been received. From this review it emerges that if Irigaray is to be given a fair hearing then her arguments must be read in the context ofthe philosophical discourse with which she is specifically engaging, although the temptation to reduce her thought to any particular discourse must be resisted. Furthermore, the allegations of essentialism levelled at Irigaray appear misplaced if she is read as a universalist thinker; her universalism be- comes apparent in the process of examining the question of the divine throughout the different stages of her oeuvre.

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