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Love, Feminism and Dialectics : Repairing splits in theory and practice

Gunnarsson, Lena LU orcid (2018) p.169-187
Abstract
Gunnarsson highlights how dialectics can shed light on the relation between love and dominance, foregrounding the crucial role that ontological tensions play in self–other relating. Drawing on Roy Bhaskar’s dialectical critical realist philosophy, she expands on Jessica Benjamin’s analysis of male dominance as well as other feminist work, and elaborates on the necessity of living-with rather than seeking to escape constitutive tensions, if we are to be able to live non-oppressively and sustainably with one another. Gunnarsson also demonstrates how dialectics can account for the fact that life-enhancing impulses are often co-enfolded in oppressive practices and elaborates on the implications that this has for the prospect of transformation.
Abstract (Swedish)
Gunnarsson highlights how dialectics can shed light on the relation between love and dominance, foregrounding the crucial role that ontological tensions play in self–other relating. Drawing on Roy Bhaskar’s dialectical critical realist philosophy, she expands on Jessica Benjamin’s analysis of male dominance, as well as other feminist work, and elaborates on the necessity of living-with rather than seeking to escape constitutive tensions in order to be able to live non-oppressively and sustainably with one another. Gunnarsson also demonstrates how dialectics can account for the fact that life-enhancing impulses are often co-enfolded in oppressive practices and elaborates on the implications that this has for the prospect of transformation.
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keywords
dialectics, Jessica Benjamin, Roy Bhaskar, Luce Irigaray, love, master/slave dialectic, spirituality, dialectical critical realism, feminist theory, heterosexuality, Eve Sedgwick, reparative turn
host publication
Feminism and the Power of Love : Interdisciplinary interventions - Interdisciplinary interventions
editor
García-Andrade, Adriana ; Gunnarsson, Lena and Jónasdóttir, Anna G.
pages
19 pages
publisher
Routledge
external identifiers
  • scopus:85048801318
ISBN
9781138710054
9781315200798
DOI
10.4324/9781315200798
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English
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yes
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  author       = {{Gunnarsson, Lena}},
  booktitle    = {{Feminism and the Power of Love : Interdisciplinary interventions}},
  editor       = {{García-Andrade, Adriana and Gunnarsson, Lena and Jónasdóttir, Anna G.}},
  isbn         = {{9781138710054}},
  keywords     = {{dialectics; Jessica Benjamin; Roy Bhaskar; Luce Irigaray; love; master/slave dialectic; spirituality; dialectical critical realism; feminist theory; heterosexuality; Eve Sedgwick; reparative turn}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{169--187}},
  publisher    = {{Routledge}},
  title        = {{Love, Feminism and Dialectics : Repairing splits in theory and practice}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315200798}},
  doi          = {{10.4324/9781315200798}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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