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Transforming Sacrifice: Irigaray and the Politics of Sexual Difference
Article first published online: 9 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2002.tb01072.x
2002 by Hypatia, Inc.
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CALDWELL, A. (2002), Transforming Sacrifice: Irigaray and the Politics of Sexual Difference. Hypatia, 17: 16–38. doi: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2002.tb01072.x
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- Issue published online: 9 JAN 2009
- Article first published online: 9 JAN 2009
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This essay examines Irigaray's analysis of politics and the political implications of her critique of sacrificial orders that repress difference/matter. I suggest that her descriptions of a fluid “feminine” can be read as an alternative symbolic not dependent on repression. This idea is politically promising in opening a possibility for justice and a nonantagonistic intersubjectivity. I conclude by assessing Irigaray's concrete proposals for sexuate rights and a civil identity for women.