{"product_id":"9783031193040","title":"Being as Relation in Luce Irigaray","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBeing as Relation in Luce Irigaray\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEmma R. Jones\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Feminism \u0026amp; Feminist Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMany 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 naïve 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.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBy tracing the notion of \u003ci\u003erelation\u003c\/i\u003e throughout Irigaray’s work, this book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eidentifies 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.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe 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.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThis book further develops potential applications of this ontological notion of a “relational limit” for the fields of philosophy, feminism, and psychotherapy.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEmma R. Jones is a psychotherapist in private practice in the San  Francisco East Bay Area. She was educated at the New School; the University of Oregon,  where she earned her PhD in philosophy; and the California Institute of Integral studies,  where she earned her clinical degree. She is the author of several articles engaging the  work of Luce Irigaray as well as phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and ancient Greek  philosophy.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 January 2023\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer International Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031193040\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e166\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52368142991500,"sku":"9783031193040","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031193040.jpg?v=1786622302","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031193040","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}