Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, and Judith Butler: A Critical Review of Subject and Gender Subjectivity
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This article provides a critical review of the concepts of subject and gender subjectivity from the perspectives of three influential feminist theorists: Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, and Judith Butler. These thinkers have significantly influenced the revolutionary reimagining of subject, subjectivity, and gender. The article demonstrates the divergent viewpoints of these three theorists regarding concepts of subject, subjectivity, the body and sexuality, while highlighting their challenges to dominant psychoanalytic theories that have been influential in explaining subjectivity, sexual relations, and sexuality. Furthermore, it presents the distinct alternative imaginative propositions each theorist offers regarding sex and sexual relations.
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