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Das schlimmste Glück. Die fatale Liebesordnung der Geschlechter im zeitgenössischen Theatertext
Journal
Gender. Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft
Volume
8
Number
1
Pages / Article-Number
75-90
Keywords
romantic love, recognition, intersubjectivity, feminist psychoanalysis, mimesis, contemporary drama
Abstract
In contemporary drama ‘love’ is predominantly performed as (failing) mutual recognition. This paper explores the symbolic order of romantic love, paying attention to its paradoxical potential to either constitute or hinder recognition with special regard to gender relations and their modes of being. Referring to feminist theories, the play of Mimesis is presented as an alternative mode of intersubjectivity allowing for love as shared state of entanglement with an Other as well as for recognition of the otherness of the Other.
