Democracy Begins with Two

In "Democracy Begins with Two" Luce Irigaray calls for a radical reconsideration of the so-called democratic bases of Western culture. In a series of essays covering the earlier 1990s she argues the urgent need for our society to grant full recognition to both the genders which contribute to its functioning. If we are to look on ourselves as fully democratic this recognition must take the form of specific civil rights guaranteeing women a separate civil identity of their own, equivalent to, though not simply the same as, that enjoyed by men. Ranging across topics as diverse as happiness, the family, the construction of the European Union, the transition from natural to civil existence and love, Irigaray exploits her resources as a writer - philosophical, linguistic, psychoanalytical, poetical -to their rhetorical limits. She interweaves her personal experience of an emotional and politico-professional partnership with her re-reading of History, past and present.

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Luce Irigaray

Riassunto

This work explores the issues of identity, citizenship, community and social rights as they arise in matters of love and sexual difference.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Luce Irigaray, Irigaray Luce
• Con la collaborazione di: Kirsteen Anderson (Traduzione), Anderson Kirsteen (Traduzione)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.12.2000
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi
• EAN: 9780485115031
• ISBN: 978-0-485-11503-1
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.8 x 2.6 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 431 g
• Serie: Athlone Contemporary European; Athlone Contemporary European; Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers S.; Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers
• Categorie: PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Feminism & feminist theory, Ethics and moral philosophy, Feminism and feminist theory