Contents
Series Editor's Preface Illustration Credits Acknowledgements
1 Introduction 1
2 Situating Irigaray 5
Irigaray and architectural design, history, theory and criticism 8
3 Doubles and Multiples 13
Sexual difference 15
Sexed subjects 20
Relations and relationships 23
'Otherness' and ethical difference 25
Subjects and objects: subject to subject 28
Multiple realities 30
Dialogue 32
4 Passages and Flows
The cave and passage 35
Fluid matter 38
Desire, jouissance and love 41
Dialogue 45
5 Touching and Sensing 47
Self-touch 49
Skin, bodies together and caresses 52
Intimate dialogues and encounters with the Other 57
Dialogue 61
6 Diagonals, Horizontals and Asymmetry 62
Symbolic thinking 63
Universal architectures 66
Diagonals, asymmetry, axes and horizontals 68
Property, surveying and division in the 'philosopher's house' 71
Beyond geometry 72
Dialogue 74
7 Bridges, Envelopes and Horizons 75
Irreducible spatio-temporality 75
Blind spots, holes and gaps 77
Abysses and labyrinths 79
Envelopes, angels, bridges, horizons and thresholds 83
Dialogue 88
8 Voices, Politics and Poetics 89
Politics, dialogues, speech and speech acts 90
Building sexuate languages 94
Dialogue 98
Appendix-. Guidance for Reading Irigaray 99
Bibliography of Works Cited 101
Further Reading 105
Index 109