The Subject of Love: Hélène Cixous and the Feminine Divine

by Sal Renshaw

The subject of love: H?l?ne Cixous and the feminine divine is about abundant, generous, other-regarding love. In the history of Western ideas of love, such a configuration has been inseparable from our ideas about divinity and the sacred; often reserved only for God; and rarely thought of as a human achievement. This book is a substantial engagement with her philosophies of love, inviting the reader to reflect on the conditions of subjectivity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719069602
• ISBN13: 9780719069604
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"