New Culture of Energy

Luce Irigaray is an acclaimed French philosopher, linguist, and psychoanalyst, the author of more than thirty books, which have been translated into a number of languages. Her previous Columbia University Press books include Between East and West: From Singularity to Community (2001) and, with Michael Marder, Through Vegetal Being: Two Philosophical Perspectives (2016).

• Part I: A New Culture of EnergyIntroductionThe Liberation of Energy Through PsychoanalysisYoga as a Road to RecoveryGaining AutonomyHumanizing Our BreathOur Body as MediatorThe Emphasis on Performance Is Rarely Conducive to ExchangeMore Than Not Harming: LovingCompassion: The Basis of a Universal SharingIncarnating Ourselves with the Help of Animals and AngelsArriving at Speech Thanks to SilenceThe Spiritual Path Opened by Sensory PerceptionsUnity and DualityGods, God, or another relationship to the divineA New Culture of EnergyMyths and HistoryPart II: The Mystery of MaryPrologueDivine from BirthThe Event of the AnnunciationThe Virginity of MaryThe Silence of MaryVisible and InvisibleTouched by GraceA Figure of WisdomA Bridge in Time and SpaceIndex

Building on some of her previous work on the importance of international and intercultural understanding, Irigaray argues that interculturality, represented here mainly by yoga (an Eastern practice adopted by many Westerners), can help to move us towards full realization of what it means to be human. Irigaray’s writing is always idiosyncratic as well as passionate, and here she is even more autobiographical than usual. This is one of her most readable works—and one of her most enjoyable!