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Luce Irigaray

1930 - Today

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Luce Irigaray (; born 3 May 1930) is a Belgian-born French feminist, philosopher, linguist, psycholinguist, psychoanalyst, and cultural theorist who examines the uses and misuses of language in relation to women. Irigaray's first and most well known book, published in 1974, was Speculum of the Other Woman (1974), which analyzes the texts of Freud, Hegel, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, and Kant through the lens of phallocentrism. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luce Irigaray is the 404th most popular philosopher (up from 450th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 145th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Philosopher.

Luce Irigaray is most famous for her writings on feminine sexuality. Her work focuses on the importance of the female body and how it is often excluded from male-dominated society.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Luce Irigaray ranks 404 out of 1,267. Before her are Anne Conway, Carl Gustav Hempel, Siger of Brabant, Plutarch of Athens, Karl Rahner, and Antoine Destutt de Tracy. After her are E. H. Carr, Yajnavalkya, Paul Tillich, Thomas Hill Green, Mulla Sadra, and Marcus Cornelius Fronto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Luce Irigaray ranks 79. Before her are Adunis, Moustapha Akkad, Stanley Miller, Gaafar Nimeiry, Sonia Rykiel, and Jean Rochefort. After her are Zhores Alferov, David Dacko, Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Itamar Franco, Chinua Achebe, and Buck Henry.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Luce Irigaray ranks 134 out of 1,190. Before her are Jacob Le Maire (1585), Godfried Danneels (1933), Gertrude of Nivelles (626), Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060), Siger of Brabant (1240), and Joseph Plateau (1801). After her are Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787), Kevin De Bruyne (1991), Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837), Ambiorix (-100), Bavo of Ghent (589), and Chantal Akerman (1950).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Belgium

Among philosophers born in Belgium, Luce Irigaray ranks 3. Before her are Justus Lipsius (1547), and Siger of Brabant (1240). After her are Chantal Mouffe (1943), Arnold Geulincx (1624), Henry of Ghent (1217), Franciscus Gomarus (1563), Félix Ravaisson-Mollien (1813), Paul de Man (1919), Alice von Hildebrand (1923), and Michel Weber (1963).

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