@article{1358377,
      recid = {1358377},
      author = {Irigaray, Luce.},
      title = {To Be Born.},
      publisher = {Springer International Publishing,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource (110 pages)},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {In this book, Luce Irigaray - philosopher, linguist,  psychologist and psychoanalyst - proposes nothing less than  a new conception of being as well as a means to ensure its  individual and relational development from birth. Unveiling  the mystery of our origin is probably what most motivates  our quests and plans. Now such a disclosure proves to be  impossible. Indeed we were born of a union between two, and  we are forever deprived of an origin of our own. Hence our  ceaseless search for roots: in our genealogy, in the place  where we were born, in our culture, religion or language.  But a human being cannot develop starting from roots as a  tree does, it must take on responsibility for its own being  and existence without continuity with its origin and  background. How can we succeed in doing that? First by  cultivating our breathing, which is not only the means  thanks to which we come into the world, but which also  allows us to transcend mere survival towards a spiritual  becoming. Taking on our sexuate belonging is the second  element which makes us able to assume our natural  existence. Indeed this determination at once brings us  energy and provides us with a structure which contributes  to our individuation and our relations with other living  beings and the world. Our sexuation can also compensate for  our absence of roots by compelling us to unite with the  other sex so that we freely approach the copulative  conjunction from which we were born; that is, the mystery  of our origin. This does not occur through a mere sexual  instinct or drive, but requires us to cultivate desire and  love with respect for our mutual difference(s). In this way  we become able to give rise to a new human being, not only  at a natural but also at an ontological level.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1358377},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39222-6},
}