Being as Relation in Luce IrigarayMany scholars have struggled with Irigaray’s focus on sexuate difference, in particular with her claim that it is ‘ontological,’ wondering if this implies a problematically na’ve or essentialist account of sexuate difference. As a result, the ethical vision which Irigaray elaborates has not been taken up in a robust way in the fields of philosophy, feminism, or psychoanalysis. By tracing the notion of relation throughout Irigaray’s work, this book identifies a rigorous philosophical continuity between the three self-identified ‘phases’ in Irigaray’s thought (despite some critics’ concerns that there is a discontinuity between these phases) and clarifies the relational ontology that underlies Irigaray’s conceptualization of sexuate difference ‘ one that always already implies an ethical project. The text demonstrates that an understanding of Irigaray’s Heideggerian inheritance ‘ especially prominent in her later texts ‘ is essential to grasping the sense of the idea that sexuate difference is ontological ‘ it concerns Being, rather than beings. This book further develops potential applications of this ontological notion of a ‘relational limit’ for the fields of philosophy, feminism, and psychotherapy. ISBN: 9783031193040, 3031193040
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