Marine Lover of Friedrich Nietzsche

Published in France in 1980, Marine Lover is the first in a trilogy in which Luce Irigaray links the interrogation of the feminine in post-Hegelian philosophy with a pre-Socratic investigation of the elements. Irigaray undertakes to interrogate Nietzche, the grandfather of poststructuralist philosophy, from the point of view of water.
According to Irigaray, water is the element Nietzsche fears most. She uses this element in her narrative because for her there is a complex relationship between the feminine and the fluid. Irigaray's method is to engage in an amorous dialogue with the male philosopher. In this dialogue, she ruptures conventional discourse and writes in a lyrical style that defies distinction between theory, fiction, and philosophy.

About the author

Luce Irigaray. Translated by Gillian C. Gill

Summary

The author, a leading feminist and psychoanalyst, holds an imaginary dialogue with Nietzsche designed to interrogate the philosopher on his views of the feminine. She links their dialogue with a pre-Socratic examination of the elements.

Product details

• Authors: Luce Irigaray, Irigaray Luce
• Assisted by: Gillian Gill (Translation), Gill Gillian (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.1991
• EAN: 9780231070836
• ISBN: 978-0-231-07083-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: European Perspectives; European Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Feminism and feminist theory, History of Western philosophy, Gender studies: women and girls