ABSTRACT
Perceptual modalities and their cultivation are central to Irigaray's thesis of dual subjectivity and Irigaray's concept of dual subjectivity is founded upon a relational ontology. The relations that characterise multiplicity can be considered as analogous to Irigaray's Levinasian-inspired relations of "radical proximity" as figured in the proposition of dual-subjects. Irigaray continues this line of thought linking the respect and maintenance of this Mystery as intricately interwoven with individual intentionality. The borders of Irigaray's 'bodies' that were fluid, overflowing in Elemental Passions. The ontologising of difference is central to Irigaray's project, requisite for her presentation of sexual difference as radical difference. This focuses on duree as a 'framework' for fluid subjectivity, and on Gilles Deleuze's adaptation and exploration of duree as an ontology through a discussion of his presentation of difference and multiplicity. The fluid dynamics that such an ontology presuppose are the heart of process metaphysics, as distinct from substance metaphysics.
