Marine Lover of Friedrich Nietzsche (Paper) (European Perspectives S) - Softcover

Irigaray, Luce; Gill, Gillian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231070837 ISBN 13: 9780231070836

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1993

Synopsis

Published in France in 1980, Marine Lover is the first in a trilogy in which Luce Irigaray links the interrogation of the feminine in post-Hegelian philosophy with a pre-Socratic investigation of the elements. Irigaray undertakes to interrogate Nietzche, the grandfather of poststructuralist philosophy, from the point of view of water. According to Irigaray, water is the element Nietzsche fears most. She uses this element in her narrative because for her there is a complex relationship between the feminine and the fluid. Irigaray's method is to engage in an amorous dialogue with the male philosopher. In this dialogue, she ruptures conventional discourse and writes in a lyrical style that defies distinction between theory, fiction, and philosophy.

About this title

Review:

A major new phase in Irigarays continuing archaeology of the feminine in Western civilization. . . ."Marine Lover" constitutes her most powerful and sustained achievement since "Speculum."

From the Back Cover:

In a bold reconceptualization of discourse, Irigaray interrogates Nietzsche, the grandfather of poststructuralist philosophy, from the point of view of water.According to Irigaray, water is the element Nietzsche fears most; as she sees it, a complex and controversial relationship exists between the feminine and the fluid. Engaging in an amorous dialogue with the male philosopher, she links the investigation of the feminine in post-Hegelian philosophy with a pre-Socratic investigation of the elements. Irigaray ruptures conventional discourse, writing in dialogue form in a lyrical style that defies distinctions among theory, fiction, and philosophy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0231070837
• ISBN 13: 9780231070836
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198