Luce Irigaray b. 1930
Luce Irigaray (born 1930) is a Belgian-French philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Feminism, Post-Structuralism, and Continental Philosophy.
Luce Irigaray is a Belgian-born French philosopher, psychoanalyst, and linguist, and one of the most influential feminist thinkers of the late twentieth century. Speculum of the Other Woman and This Sex Which Is Not One mounted a sustained critique of the masculine economy of Western philosophy and psychoanalysis, in which woman appears only as the negative or the mirror of the masculine subject. Her later work, in books such as An Ethics of Sexual Difference and I Love to You, develops a positive ethics of sexual difference, calling for a culture in which two distinct subjects, masculine and feminine, can speak and love without one absorbing the other.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Belgian-French
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Feminism, Post-Structuralism, Continental Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Luce Irigaray:
“Sexual difference is one of the major philosophical issues, if not the issue, of our age.”
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Attributed to Luce Irigaray:
“Woman has not yet taken place; she has not yet had a language of her own.”
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Attributed to Luce Irigaray:
“I love to you means: I am attentive to you, attentive to your becoming.”
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Attributed to Luce Irigaray:
“The mirror in which Western philosophy has thought itself was always already masculine.”
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Attributed to Luce Irigaray:
“Two subjects must remain two, and yet learn to converse.”
Frequently asked about Luce Irigaray
- When was Luce Irigaray born?
- Luce Irigaray was born in 1930.
- Where was Luce Irigaray from?
- Luce Irigaray is a Belgian-French philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Luce Irigaray associated with?
- Luce Irigaray is associated with Feminism, Post-Structuralism, and Continental Philosophy.
- What is Luce Irigaray known for?
- Luce Irigaray is a Belgian-born French philosopher, psychoanalyst, and linguist, and one of the most influential feminist thinkers of the late twentieth century.
- How many quotes are attributed to Luce Irigaray?
- There are 7 attributed quotations from Luce Irigaray in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.