BACK TO THE MARKET: EXTENDING IRIGARAY’S READING OF MARX

Mohammad Aljayyousi

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The study suggests ways to extend Luce Irigaray’s reading of Marx in her article “Women on the Market” by applying it to a number of key issues in the feminist discourse especially the postmodern one. These issues are the relation between the metaphysical and the material, the abstract value and their implications on gender and its constructedness, ecofeminism, and the three social roles/functions of women specified by Irigaray (Mother, Virgin, and Prostitute) in terms of stereotypical representations of women in literature. The author starts with a thorough analysis of Irigaray’s views and shows how they intersect or depart from classical Marxism in terms of the four key issues. The study concludes with some suggestions that, besides putting Irigaray’s remarks to more useful application, would solve some conflicts in the Marxism / Feminism dialogue.

 

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Irigaray, feminism, postmodern feminism, ecofeminism, Marxism and Feminism, gender and sex

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejls.v5i2.519

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