Thinking the Difference For a Peaceful Revolution

InThinking The Difference,Luce Irigaray examines the ways in which women are failed by the cultural, political and legal institutions set up to protect and preserve, regardless of sex. Here Irirgaray addresses the civil domain--where women's bodies, nature, space, symbolism and representation are appropriated by "the people of men"-- --and the need for concrete changes so that women may share in cultureas women themselves,thereby gaining an as-yet-unfound full citizenship in the world. Irirgaray thinks through the difference of sex and sexuality from philosophical speculation to concrete examples. InA Chance to Live,Irigaray writes on the Chernobyl nuclear accident as a representative of man-made destruction, and uses this as a platform for discussion of "mankind's" agression, the construction of patriarchal systems in the world, and how women can create their own inclusive symbology and cultures. The final essay uses mythology and psychoanalysis to re-placethe "mystery" of female ancestry and the need to renew these bonds, to make possible an ethics of sexual difference. ThroughoutThinking the Difference,Irigaray maintains that it is imperative that steps be taken to ensure that "our" culture is one for both men and women. Her rigorous and always provocative writings argue that change in the world is a necessity for humankind and the planet.Irigaray, Luce is the author of 'Thinking the Difference For a Peaceful Revolution', published 1994 under ISBN 9780415908153 and ISBN 0415908159.