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Abstract: The article scrutinizes the case of WikiLeaks and allegations against its creator Juli... more Abstract:
The article scrutinizes the case of WikiLeaks and allegations against its creator Julian Assange through the conceptual and methodological resources offered by Luce Irigaray’s philosophy of love. In contrast to the idea of the relation of private intimacy and public politics as a strict dualism, the article suggests a continuity between the two spheres.
Feminist philosopher Luce Irigaray argues that there is a preconception in Western philosophical ... more Feminist philosopher Luce Irigaray argues that there is a preconception in Western philosophical discourse that produces a tendency to associate femininity with embodiment and affectivity and masculinity with the soul and its activities. Accordingly, in Irigaray's view, the dominant philosophical discourse does not include a masculine embodied subject which would be aware of himself as masculine or embodied. Instead, the (male) subject of philosophy is implicitly understood to be sexually neutral and disembodied. In recent years another feminist philosopher, Sara Heinämaa, has modified this claim by arguing that if the male body is accounted for, it is presented as more solid and easier to transcend with regards to spiritual activities than the fluid and uncontrollable feminine body (Heinämaa 2003:70,71) 2 .
European Journal of Womens Studies, 2007
Abstract: The article scrutinizes the case of WikiLeaks and allegations against its creator Juli... more Abstract:
The article scrutinizes the case of WikiLeaks and allegations against its creator Julian Assange through the conceptual and methodological resources offered by Luce Irigaray’s philosophy of love. In contrast to the idea of the relation of private intimacy and public politics as a strict dualism, the article suggests a continuity between the two spheres.
Feminist philosopher Luce Irigaray argues that there is a preconception in Western philosophical ... more Feminist philosopher Luce Irigaray argues that there is a preconception in Western philosophical discourse that produces a tendency to associate femininity with embodiment and affectivity and masculinity with the soul and its activities. Accordingly, in Irigaray's view, the dominant philosophical discourse does not include a masculine embodied subject which would be aware of himself as masculine or embodied. Instead, the (male) subject of philosophy is implicitly understood to be sexually neutral and disembodied. In recent years another feminist philosopher, Sara Heinämaa, has modified this claim by arguing that if the male body is accounted for, it is presented as more solid and easier to transcend with regards to spiritual activities than the fluid and uncontrollable feminine body (Heinämaa 2003:70,71) 2 .
European Journal of Womens Studies, 2007