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phallocentric
(redirected from Phallogocentrism)

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phal·lo·cen·tric  (fl-sntrk)
adj.
Centered on men or on a male viewpoint, especially one held to entail the domination of women by men.
[phall(us) + -centric.]
phallo·centrism n.
phallocentric [ˌfæləʊˈsɛntrɪk]
adj
dominated by male attitudes
[from phallus + -centric]
phallocentricity , phallocentrism n
Translations
phallocentric [ˌfæləʊˈsɛntrɪk] adj → phallocentrique
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65) This conflation of logos (reason) and the phallus (the authoritarian origin of a decidedly male symbolic order) leads such feminist thinkers as Luce Irigaray and Helene Cixous to take up the term phallogocentrism as the characterizing feature of Western thought.
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The great cebuker of phallogocentrism allies deconstruction with the "woman who thinks.
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12) Throughout Paradise the men are associated with phallogocentrism, with fixed authority, unitary meaning, and individual acquisition and control, while the women are associated with movement, multiple meanings, and shared labor and goods.
Reading and insight in Toni Morrison's Paradise by Krumholz, Linda J. / African American Review
 
 
 
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