Textures of light : vision and touch in Irigaray, Levinas, and Merleau-Ponty / Cathryn Vasseleu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vasseleu, Cathryn, 1957-

Series:

Warwick studies in European philosophy.

Warwick studies in European philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irigaray, Luce.

Lévinas, Emmanuel.

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961.

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice.

Vision.

Light.

Touch.

Philosophy, French--20th century.

Philosophy, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Textures of Light draws on the work of Luce Irigaray, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Emmanuel Levinas to present an outstanding and ground breaking study of the vital importance of light in Western thought. Since Plato's allegory of the cave, light and the role of sight have been accorded a unique position in Western thought. They have stood as a metaphor for truth and objectivity and the very axis of modern rationalism. More recently however, this status has come under significant criticism from continental and feminist thought which has stressed the privileging of subjectivity and masculinity in

Contents:

part Part I TRUE LIGHT

chapter 1 Introduction

part Part II CARNAL LIGHT

chapter 2 Introduction to Merleau-Ponty

chapter 3 Living Flesh

chapter 4 Vision in the Flesh

chapter 5 Touching Flesh

part Part III PERVERSE LIGHT

chapter 6 Introduction to Levinas

chapter 7 Scintillating Lighting

chapter 8 The Lightness of Touch

chapter 9 Illuminating Passion

part Part IV EROTIC LIGHT

chapter 10 Conclusion.

Notes:

"A portion of the text has appeared as Illuminating Passion: Irigaray's Transfiguration of Night, in Teresa Brennan and Martin Jay (eds), Vision in Context, New York and London: Routledge, 1996."--P. [vii].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-151) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-76521-5

1-134-76520-7

1-280-18232-6

0-203-28238-8

0-203-04770-2

9780203047705

OCLC:

264484666