Forever fluid : a reading of Luce Irigaray's 'Elemental passions' / Hanneke Canters and Grace M. Jantzen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Canters, Hanneke, author.

Jantzen, Grace, author.

Series:

Manchester studies in religion, culture and gender.

Manchester studies in religion, culture and gender

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irigaray, Luce. Passions élémentaires--English.

Irigaray, Luce.

Sex differences--Philosophy.

Sex differences.

Logic.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 165 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This commentary on Luce Irigaray's influential work 'Elemental Passions' discusses the implications of Irigaray's work for the development of a fluid logic as a complement to the binary logic which has long dominated western thought.

Contents:

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part One: problems of rigidity

1. Rigid binaries and masculinist logic

2. More than one subject: Irigaray and psychoanalytic theory

Part Two: Elemental Passions

3. ‘Fragments from a Woman’s Voyage’: context and style

4. Interpretive synopsis of Elemental Passions

5. Images for a female subject

Part Three: critical identities

6. Multiple subjects and fluid boundaries

7. Fluid logic

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 5, 2026).

ISBN:

1-5261-2973-6

OCLC:

1030040088