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Many scholars have struggled with Irigaray\u2019s focus on sexuate difference, in particular with her claim that it is \u201contological,\u201d wondering if this implies a problematically na\xefve or essentialist account of sexuate difference. As a result, the ethical vision which Irigaray elaborates has not been taken up in a robust way in the fields of philosophy, feminism, or psychoanalysis.\nBy tracing the notion of\xa0relation\xa0throughout Irigaray\u2019s work,\xa0Being as Relation in Luce Irigaray\xa0(Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) identifies a rigorous philosophical continuity between the three self-identified \u201cphases\u201d in Irigaray\u2019s thought (despite some critics\u2019 concerns that there is a discontinuity between these phases) and clarifies the relational ontology that underlies Irigaray\u2019s conceptualization of sexuate difference \u2013 one that always already implies an ethical project.\nJones demonstrates that an understanding of Irigaray\u2019s Heideggerian inheritance \u2013 especially prominent in her later texts \u2013 is essential to grasping the sense of the idea that sexuate difference is ontological \u2013 it concerns Being, rather than beings. This book further develops potential applications of this ontological notion of a \u201crelational limit\u201d for the fields of philosophy, feminism, and psychotherapy.\nEmma R. Jones is a psychotherapist in private practice in the San Francisco East Bay Area. She was educated at the New School, the University of Oregon, where she earned her PhD in philosophy; and the California Institute of Integral studies, where she earned her clinical degree. She is the author of several articles engaging the work of Luce Irigaray as well as phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and ancient Greek philosophy.\nHelena Vissing, PsyD, SEP, PMH-C is a Licensed Psychologist practicing in California. She can be reached at\xa0contact@helenavissing.com. She is the author of\xa0Somatic Maternal Healing: Psychodynamic and Somatic Treatment of Trauma in the Perinatal Period\xa0(Routledge, 2023).\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies