Elemental Passions

Luce Irigaray

Psychology Press, 1992 - Literary Collections - 105 pages

Despite educational efforts, the majority of Americans are still under the misconception that they are not at risk from HIV/AIDS infection. In addition, the federal government only spends 2% of the total designated federal AIDS funding toward prevention. Thus, information in respect to AIDS and health communication in any comprehensive nature is almost nonexistent.; This book aims to rectify the situation by presenting detailed analysis and actions necessary to confront the AIDS pandemic on every level of the communication realm. Contributors are experienced researchers, educators, government officials, and physicians. They examine the issue from a number of standpoints, including: communication, adolescent medicine, public administration, psychology, journalism, audiology, speech and language pathology, neurological surgery, preventive medicine and public health.

About the author

Luce Irigaray is Director of Research in Philosophy at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. A doctor of philosophy, Luce Irigaray is also trained in linguistics, philology, psychology and psychoanalysis. Now acknowledged as a key influential thinker of our times, her work focuses on the culture of two subjects, masculine and feminine - particularly through the liberation of a feminine subjectivity - something she explores in a range of literary forms, from the philosophical to the scientific, the political and the poetic.

Professor of French and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Elemental Passions
• Author: Luce Irigaray
• Translated by: Joanne Collie, Judith Still
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 1992
• ISBN: 041590692X, 9780415906920
• Length: 105 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / General; Psychology / Human Sexuality; Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory