Democracy Begins Between Two

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by Luce Irigaray

Routledge

Due/Published March 2001, 208 pages, paper

ISBN 0415918170

Irigaray calls for a radical reconsideration of the relation between sex and democracy. In order to look on ourselves as fully democratic, she argues, we must first grant full recognition to both genders, male and female, that contribute to the functioning of society. This recognition must take the form of specific civil rights guaranteeing women a separate civil identity of their own equivalent to--though not simply the same as--that enjoyed by men.

Contents

Translator's Note
List of Acronyms
Introduction
I Want Love, Not War
Feminine Identity: Biology or Social Conditioning?
Women's Enslavement
How to Manage the Transition from Natural to Civil Coexistence
Towards a Citizenship of the European Union
Refounding the Family on a Civil Basis
Democracy is Love
The Question of the Other
A Two-Subject Culture
Ten Suggestions for the Construction of the European Union
Politics and Happiness
The Representation of Women
Europe Captivated by New Myths
Appendix
Notes