Luce Irigaray and the Question of the Divine
Alison Martin
Click cover to enlarge Buy paperback at: | MHRA Texts and Dissertations 53 Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association 1 January 2000 • 200pp ISBN: 978-1-902653-30-3 (paperback) • RRP £25, $40 ContemporaryFrenchPhilosophyTheology This study examines Luce Irigaray's oeuvre through the question of the divine, focusing upon her contention that women need a female divine if they are about to become subjects. It attempts to demonstrate that the issue of the divine should not be considered as one aspect of her thought but that it is central to her philosophy of sexual difference. Hence Irigaray's critique of patriarchy is presented as a critique of the dominance of a religion of masculinity that favours a single universal. Her proposal for two sexed universal divines is explored, along with her specific suggestions for female divine ideals. Particular emphasis is given to her engagements with Marx, Nietzsche, and Hegelianism, and to the mode of her adoption of Christianity. The study applauds the radical profundity of Irigaray's philosophy of sexual difference, while remaining critical of the universalism in her notion of the divine for the doubt it casts upon the realization of a sexed culture. Bibliography entry: Martin, Alison, Luce Irigaray and the Question of the Divine, MHRA Texts and Dissertations, 53 (MHRA, 2000) First footnote reference: 35 Alison Martin, Luce Irigaray and the Question of the Divine, MHRA Texts and Dissertations, 53 (MHRA, 2000), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Martin, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Martin, Alison. 2000. Luce Irigaray and the Question of the Divine, MHRA Texts and Dissertations, 53 (MHRA) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Martin 2000: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Martin 2000: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) This title was first published by Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association but rights to it are now held by Modern Humanities Research Association. This title is now out of print. Permanent link to this title: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Luce-Irigaray-Question-Divine www.mhra.org.uk/publications/td-53 |
