Marine Lover of Friedrich Nietzsche - Paperback

Published in France in 1980, Marine Lover is the first in a trilogy in which Luce Irigaray links the interrogation of the feminine in post-Hegelian philosophy with a pre-Socratic investigation of the elements. Irigaray undertakes to interrogate Nietzche, the grandfather of poststructuralist philosophy, from the point of view of water.

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In a bold reconceptualization of discourse, Irigaray interrogates Nietzsche, the grandfather of poststructuralist philosophy, from the point of view of water.According to Irigaray, water is the element Nietzsche fears most; as she sees it, a complex and controversial relationship exists between the feminine and the fluid. Engaging in an amorous dialogue with the male philosopher, she links the investigation of the feminine in post-Hegelian philosophy with a pre-Socratic investigation of the elements. Irigaray ruptures conventional discourse, writing in dialogue form in a lyrical style that defies distinctions among theory, fiction, and philosophy.