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Pure Lust: Elemental Feminist Philosophy
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This title aims to offer a journey into the interior of language. The author reveals the patriarchal construction of language and religious imagery, offering alternatives.
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Paperback, 470 pages
Published
January 1st 2001
by Women's Press (UK)
(first published 1984)
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Wow, that was hard work. Not a light bed-time read - her way of changing language to create new meanings can be confusing. At first I was put off by that - reminded me too much of inspiring facebook posts about e-motion and ill-lusion - but her playing with language is actually admirable. She has a remarkable way with words.
Still, I wouldn't put that as the main point of her book, as the description at the top seems to do. This is a book about Elemental Feminist Philosophy, indeed. It's ve ...more
Still, I wouldn't put that as the main point of her book, as the description at the top seems to do. This is a book about Elemental Feminist Philosophy, indeed. It's ve ...more
If you haven't read Mary Daly it's hard to explain her to you. This IS "elemental feminist philosophy" and you'd best take heed. Women are not here for anybody's convenience. She names Patriarchy for what it is--Control, Conquest, and Exploitation of goods, habitats, and people. It is "the life-hating lechery that rapes and kills the objects of its obsession/aggression."
Honestly, I could not read this book in entirety, and only skimmed for purposes of my research. I did enjoy some of her points, especially the ones about female tonkenism. But, too often her language-play makes the writing hard to follow.
I read this book many years ago when I was studying at university. Fifty Shades of Grey, it ain't. I remember this being a challenging read, but intresting. Might be worth a revisit in the current climate.
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Mary Daly was an American radical feminist philosopher, academic, and theologian. Daly, who described herself as a "radical lesbian feminist", taught at Boston College, a Jesuit-run institution, for 33 years. Daly consented to retire from Boston College in 1999, after violating university policy by refusing to allow male students in her advanced women's studies classes. She allowed male students i
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