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Irigaray, Luce and Seely, Stephen D. (2018) What does it mean to be living? philoSOPHIA, 8 (2). pp. 1-12. doi:10.1353/phi.2018.0012 ISSN 2155-0905.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/phi.2018.0012
Abstract
Our Western culture more and more moves away from life. It is so much so that speaking about nature is generally understood as alluding to some or other concept that would be more or less adequate, but not as referring to or questioning about life. This situation is all the stranger since we are facing a real danger regarding the survival of the earth and of all the living beings that populate it. It is as if all the discourses we hear about this problem could remain abstract considerations and academic or scientific evaluations and discussions without practical concern about our own life and our living environment. This probably results from the status of our discourse in general and its current relation to the real.
There is no doubt that questions are little by little arising about the present situation of the world, and also that some of the recent philosophers have begun to inquire about the truth and their way of approaching it (as is the case, for example, with Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty). But it seems that, although they speak about the necessity of overcoming our past metaphysics, they succeed in doing that with difficulty.
Could it be possible that the undertaking would be easier for a woman, because she did not actively contribute to the construction of our past metaphysics, and her identity and subjectivity have remained more in harmony with nature—which she is, furthermore, presumed to represent for the patriarchal tradition?
Anyway, it seems that Luce Irigaray—in particular her last two books, Through Vegetal Being (coauthored with Michael Marder, 2016) and To Be Born (2017)—offers elements that correspond to what is at stake in our epoch, both at an empirical and a theoretical level. Hence this conversation about her approach to and treatment of issues crucial today for our life, our world, and all living beings.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy | ||||||||
Divisions: | Other > Institute of Advanced Study | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Life, Metaphysics | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | philoSOPHIA | ||||||||
Publisher: | State University of New York Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2155-0905 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 31 November 2018 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 8 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-12 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1353/phi.2018.0012 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 February 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 February 2019 | ||||||||
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