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Book SynopsisLuce Irigaray reflects on three critical concerns of our time: the cultivation of energy in its many forms, the integration of Asian and Western traditions, and the reenvisioning of religious figures for the contemporary world. A philosopher as well as a psychoanalyst, Irigaray draws deeply on her personal experience in addressing these questions.
Trade ReviewBuilding on some of her previous work on the importance of international and intercultural understanding, Irigaray argues that interculturality, represented here mainly by yoga (an Eastern practice adopted by many Westerners), can help to move us towards full realization of what it means to be human. Irigaray’s writing is always idiosyncratic as well as passionate, and here she is even more autobiographical than usual. This is one of her most readable works—and one of her most enjoyable! -- Michael Worton, coeditor of
French Studies in and for the Twenty-First CenturyContinues to contribute to opening a different way of being and practicing philosophy, a way wholeheartedly grounded in being in relation with another who is different to us, another who always remains a mystery. * Philosophy East and West *
Table of ContentsPart I: A New Culture of EnergyIntroduction
The Liberation of Energy Through Psychoanalysis
Yoga as a Road to Recovery
Gaining Autonomy
Humanizing Our Breath
Our Body as Mediator
The Emphasis on Performance Is Rarely Conducive to Exchange
More Than Not Harming: Loving
Compassion: The Basis of a Universal Sharing
Incarnating Ourselves with the Help of Animals and Angels
Arriving at Speech Thanks to Silence
The Spiritual Path Opened by Sensory Perceptions
Unity and Duality
Gods, God, or another relationship to the divine
A New Culture of Energy
Myths and History
Part II: The Mystery of MaryPrologue
Divine from Birth
The Event of the Annunciation
The Virginity of Mary
The Silence of Mary
Visible and Invisible
Touched by Grace
A Figure of Wisdom
A Bridge in Time and Space
Index
