Changing Difference: The Feminine and the Question of Philosophy

by Catherine Malabou

Book Overview

In the post-feminist age the fact that 'woman' finds herself deprived of her 'essence' only confirms, paradoxically, a very ancient state of affairs: 'woman' has never been able to define herself in any other way than in terms of the violence done to her. Violence alone confers her being - whether it is domestic and social violence or theoretical violence. The critique of 'essentialism' (i.e. there is no specifically feminine essence) proposed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745651097
• ISBN13: 9780745651095
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"