From Desire to Be Born to Desire for Being Together in the Philosophy of Luce Irigaray

Szopa, Katarzyna

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Towards a New Human Being 2019

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-03392-7_4

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From Desire to Be Born to Desire for Being Together in the Philosophy of Luce Irigaray

Katarzyna Szopa

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“…Thus, the ethical responsibility of two different beings will ask for the constant development and blossoming of themselves and their relation with one another. This undertaking is based on the respect for otherness and represents an essential work of mediation between an individual and community'(Szopa, 2019: p. 67, cf. Irigaray, 2016.…”

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Air Democracy: on the Principles of Breathing Together

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Is not air the whole of our habitation as mortals? Is there a dwelling more vast, more spacious, or even more generally peaceful than that of air? Can man live elsewhere than in air? […] No other element is as light, as free, and as much in the "fundamental" mode of a permanent, available, "there is." (Irigaray, 1999: p. 8). Adding a couple of pages further:Air would be the arch-mediation: of the logos, of thinking, of the worldwhether physical or psychical. Air would be the substance of the copula that would permit the gathering-together [le rassemblement] and the arrangement of the whole into the life and Being of man, and permit his habitation in space as a mortal. But this archē-ness would never be able to be constituted as an origin because of its mediating qualities and because it is a permanent necessity for the immediate subsistence of man. (p. 12).

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On Peaceful Political Relations Between Two in Luce Irigaray’s Work

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2022

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Practical political relations according to Luce Irigaray ground the possibilities for emerging to a new political epoch. She articulates that in order to move toward a more peaceful and emancipated politics, philosophers must focus more on subject-subject relations as opposed to subject-object relations. This in turn promotes the possibility of relating to a naturally and culturally different other. She also elaborates how an emancipated politics demands initially and primarily grounding subjectivity in the two, rather than in individuality or collectivity. This is in contrast to classical liberalism which conceives of a social contract between individual agents who relate through mediations of property. Her philosophy conceives of refounding politics not only in the sphere of public government, but also in the traditionally private domestic sphere, which must become politically awakened. She articulates ways of refounding the family and the couple mediated first by relations between two, and liberating the family from its primary role as the material ground of society. Irigaray suggests that political relations at all levels must be rooted in difference rather than sameness, starting with recognizing sexual difference. Establishing such conditions involves creating civil protections and rights, especially for women, and establishing contexts nurturing to desire, including cultivating sensitivity and attending to sensible differences. Liberating contemporary politics from competitiveness and violence, and providing favorable conditions for peace, demands first attending to cultivating difference and fostering relations between two.

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From Desire to Be Born to Desire for Being Together in the Philosophy of Luce Irigaray

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Air Democracy: on the Principles of Breathing Together

Air Democracy: on the Principles of Breathing Together

On Peaceful Political Relations Between Two in Luce Irigaray’s Work

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