Mimeticism, Parler-Femme, and Truth Telling: Female Confessional Utterances in the Perspective of Luce Irigaray’s Thought Cover Image

Mimetyzm, parler-femme i mówienie prawdy: kobiece wypowiedzi konfesyjne w perspektywie myśli Luce Irigaray
Mimeticism, Parler-Femme, and Truth Telling: Female Confessional Utterances in the Perspective of Luce Irigaray’s Thought

Author(s): Joanna Bednarek
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Metaphysics, Contemporary Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Ontology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Luce Irigaray; witness; confessionality; truth telling;

Summary/Abstract: This article’s aim is to show, as exemplified by fiction and activism, that the concept of mimeticism appearing in Luce Irigaray’s early works may prove to become instrumental in overcoming difficulties associated with giving witness or uttering a confession. Though ostensibly they are uttered to “tell the truth,” or to produce the authenticity effect, thanks to Irigaray’s optics, we may gauge their efficacy under present circumstances by deconstructing their alleged veracity and the credibility of the witness-giver.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 1 (13)
  • Page Range: 101-112
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish