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Title: Sharing The World: From Intimate To Global Relations
Description: In this age of multiculturalism, and after Nietzsche's criticism of our traditional values and Heidegger's deconstruction of our interpretation of truth, Irigaray, as a woman, questions the validity of the 'sameness' that lies at the root of Western culture. Advancing the work undertaken in The Way of Love, she proposes new ways to meet and coexist with the other as other, from the most intimate level to the most globe and universal level. -- Blackwell North Amer Irigaray (philosophy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) continues her project of describing our relation to "otherness" in these four essays, seeking the reasons why we tend to place the other within our own social and cultural contexts and only then to consider him or her. Irigaray is concerned that we fail to foster peaceful co-existence, peace and love. She also feels that her own contexts, as a woman, allow her to question the validity of this search for the same and to propose an approach that allows us to embrace the differences and go on, in the most intimate relationships or in global politics. This "world of the beyond," as she calls it, includes both time and space, as an ongoing and evolving entity rather than a mere event, and she writes eloquently of the transcendence of the moments of knowing as well as of the moments of meeting. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR () -- Book News Brand new Hardcover. All orders get full access to our online status tracking service, allowing you to view realtime order progress. Your order will be dispatched from England via Royal Mail 1st Class, although please allow 4-5 days for delivery. We state up-front delivery cost and speed so please don't mark us down. Please note that first editions are rarely first printings. Postage charges: £2.80 for United Kingdom, £5.00 for all foreign countries. For overseas deliveries needed quickly we also offer UPS Express Saver (listed as "International Tracked Postage"), with weight based pricing starting at £60.00. Unfortunately due to requiring immediate payment on each item means we cannot offer combined postage discounts. |