REPENSER L’ÉCHANGE AMOUREUX AVEC CIXOUS ET WITTIG : ENTRE CRITIQUE ET RÉINVENTIONS
RETHINKING LOVE EXCHANGE WITH CIXOUS AND WITTIG: BETWEEN CRITIQUE AND REINVENTION

Summary/Abstract: Starting from the correlation highlighted by feminist theory between love and the heterosexist structureof relationships, this essay looks at the attempts to reinvent love initiated by two French writers of the1970s, Hélène Cixous and Monique Wittig. To this end, the paper approaches the question of love inthe work of Cixous and Wittig in terms of exchange, which it breaks down into three aspects. The firstaspect concerns the libidinal question, insofar as love involves a relationship with the other that impliesdesire as an overflow. The second aspect considers the love relationship from an ethical angle, ques-tioning the status of the love partner as otherness and difference. The third and final aspect looks at theconsequences for the political economy of relationships of a resignification of love exchange based ona new approach to the act of giving.

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