Metamorphoses av Rosi (University of Utrecht) Braidotti

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The discussions about the ethical, political and human implications of the postmodernist condition have been raging for longer than most of us care to remember. They have been especially fierce within feminism. After a brief flirtation with postmodern thinking in the 1980s, mainstream feminist circles seem to have turned their back on the staple notions of poststructuralist philosophy. <i>Metamorphoses</i> takes stock of the situation and attempts to reset priorities within the poststructuralist feminist agenda.<br/><p>Cross-referring in a creative way to Deleuze''s and Irigaray''s respective philosophies of difference, the book addresses key notions such as embodiment, immanence, sexual difference, nomadism and the materiality of the subject. <i>Metamorphoses</i> also focuses on the implications of these theories for cultural criticism and a redefinition of politics. It provides a vivid overview of contemporary culture, with special emphasis on technology, the monstrous imaginary and