This book explains an open-ended theory of self that delineates 'masculine' and 'feminine' self-strategies on the basis of the Hegelian tradition of theorizing self/other relations and contemporary feminist theory. It proposes the possibility of combining the gender differentiated self strategies.
Preface -- Setting the Context -- Lacan and Object Relations -- Lacan and the Feminist Perspective -- Self-constituting Activity in Philosophical Texts: Three Examples -- Conclusion
