RE: Irigaray and Heidegger

recently stuart wrote:

>Michael P, Andrea, others
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>I'm interested in talking about Irigaray and Heidegger. My feeling is that
>whilst much of Irigaray is very interesting and challenging (I thought
>Speculum was great), L'oubli de l'air (I think it's The Forgetting of Air in
>the new translation) gets Heidegger very wrong. I'm short of time now, but
>i'd like to see where this goes.
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>Best
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>Stuart


Hi Stuart

wrt Forgetting of Air, have you time to spell out in what ways Irigaray
gets Heidegger very wrong? My brief readings of fragments of this text seem
to show Irigaray ventriloquising Heidegger brilliantly whilst adding new
dimensions to his thinking of Being (the only thing worth thinking) --
e.g., in substituting 'air' for 'light' in her depictions of the Clearing,
bringing Life (not aliveness), the breathing-bequeathing airiness into the
site of lightning...

can you help?

best wishes

Michael David Pennamacoor


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