This book is a brilliant and timely analysis of the complex issues raised by the relation between women and philosophy. It offers a critical account of a wide range of contemporary philosophical and feminist texts and it develops this account into an original project of critical feminist thought. Braidotti examines contemporary French philosophy as practised by men such as Foucault and Derrida, showing that they rely on a notion of 'the feminine' in order to undermine classical thought, which bears no direct relevance to the historical experience of women. Braidotti then looks at the attempts of contemporary feminist thinkers in Europe and the United States to show the gendered nature of discursive power games. She discusses the contributions of Luce Irigaray and many other feminist theorists to the understanding of sexual difference and of its implications for philosophy and politics. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in women's studies, feminist theory, social theory, cultural studies, philosophy and literature, and anyone interested in contemporary feminism and the relation between feminist theory, post-structuralism and psychoanalysis.

This book is a brilliant and timely analysis of the complex issuesraised by the relation between women and philosophy. It offers acritical account of a wide range of contemporary philosophical andfeminist texts and it develops this account into an originalproject of critical feminist thought.Braidotti examines contemporary French philosophy as practisedby men such as Foucault and Derrida, showing that they rely on anotion of 'the feminine' in order to undermine classical thoughtwhich bears no direct relevance to the historical experience ofwomen.Braidotti then looks at the attempts of contemporary feministthinkers in Europe and the United States to show the genderednature of discursive power games. She discusses the contributionsof Luce Irigaray and many other feminist theorists to theunderstanding of sexual difference and of its implications forphilosophy and politics. This book will be of interest to studentsand researchers in women's studies, feminist theory, social theorycultural studies, philosophy and literature, and anyone interestedin contemporary feminism and the relation between feminist theorypost-structuralism and psychoanalysis.

1. Images of the Void.2. Desidero Ergo Sum:.The Improbable Tete-á-tete Between Philosophy andPsychoanalysis.3. Un-Cartesian Routes: Foucault and Derrida.4. Bodies, Texts and Powers.5. The Becoming-Woman of Philosophy.6. Towards a Philosophical Reading of Feminist Ideas.7. Feminist Tactics in Philosophy, or:.I Think Therefore He is.8. Radical Philosophies of Sexual Difference, or:.I Think Therefore She is.Conclusion.