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The Other as Another Other

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Karen Green
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Abstract

De Beauvoir and Irigaray are archetypes of two opposed feminisms: egalitarian feminism and radical feminism of difference. Yet a filiation exists between de Beauvoir's claim, that women is Other, and Irigaray's Speculum of the Other Woman. This paper explores the relationship between de Beauvoir's and Irigaray's notion of otherness. It argues that Irigaray deforms de Beauvoir's categories, and that de Beauvoir provides a more coherent prospect for the development of an authentic feminine subjectivity.

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Research Article
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Hypatia , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , Fall 2002 , pp. 1 - 15
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Copyright © 2002 by Hypatia, Inc.

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