Luce Irigaray and the Question of the Divine

This study examines Luce Irigaray's oeuvre through the question of the divine, focusing upon her contention that women need a female divine if they are about to become subjects. It attempts to demonstrate that the issue of the divine should not be considered as one aspect of her thought but that it...

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description This study examines Luce Irigaray's oeuvre through the question of the divine, focusing upon her contention that women need a female divine if they are about to become subjects. It attempts to demonstrate that the issue of the divine should not be considered as one aspect of her thought but that it is central to her philosophy of sexual difference. Hence Irigaray's critique of patriarchy is presented as a critique of the dominance of a religion of masculinity that favours a single universal. Her proposal for two sexed universal divines is explored, along with her specific suggestions for female divine ideals. Particular emphasis is given to her engagements with Marx, Nietzsche, and Hegelianism, and to the mode of her adoption of Christianity. The study applauds the radical profundity of Irigaray's philosophy of sexual difference, while remaining critical of the universalism in her notion of the divine for the doubt it casts upon the realization of a sexed culture.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1671102025-10-16T12:34:31Z Luce Irigaray and the Question of the Divine Martin, Alison female divine feminism sexual difference patriarchy masculinity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDB Belgium thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 This study examines Luce Irigaray's oeuvre through the question of the divine, focusing upon her contention that women need a female divine if they are about to become subjects. It attempts to demonstrate that the issue of the divine should not be considered as one aspect of her thought but that it is central to her philosophy of sexual difference. Hence Irigaray's critique of patriarchy is presented as a critique of the dominance of a religion of masculinity that favours a single universal. Her proposal for two sexed universal divines is explored, along with her specific suggestions for female divine ideals. Particular emphasis is given to her engagements with Marx, Nietzsche, and Hegelianism, and to the mode of her adoption of Christianity. The study applauds the radical profundity of Irigaray's philosophy of sexual difference, while remaining critical of the universalism in her notion of the divine for the doubt it casts upon the realization of a sexed culture. 2025-10-16T12:34:30Z 2025-10-16T12:34:30Z 2025-10-14T13:53:11Z 2000 book ONIX_20251014T154955_9781839546914_14 0957-0322 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/106499 9781839546914 1902653300 https://admin.directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/167110 eng MHRA Texts and Dissertations open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/106499/1/9781839546914.pdf Modern Humanities Research Association Texts and Translations 10.59860/td.b7d1c5a 10.59860/td.b7d1c5a 263272ae-2045-451b-ac91-b0037a2fd63a 9781839546914 1902653300 Texts and Translations 240 Cambridge open access
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