Luce Irigaray
French philosopher and linguist
Luce Irigaray is a Belgian-born French feminist, philosopher, linguist, psycholinguist, psychoanalyst, and cultural theorist who examines the uses and misuses of language in relation to women. Wikipedia
Born: 1930 (age 93 years), Bernissart, Belgium
Influenced: Judith Butler, Elizabeth Grosz, and Catherine Malabou
Influenced by: Sigmund Freud, Michel Foucault, and Martin Heidegger
Main interests: Linguistics, Psychoanalysis, Feminist Philosophy, Feminist Theory, Philosophy, Psychology, Schizophrenia Gender identity
Notable ideas: Phallocentrism, "Women on the market"
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