Ontology of the Mother-in-Law

The Ontology of the Mother-in-Law develops a political ontology of the mother-in-law as a neglected yet decisive figure of power beyond the classical opposition between father and mother, law and exception, state and civil society. While feminist critique traditionally identifies the father as the sole (evil) political Subjectlaw, sovereignty, universalitycritical theory from Hegel to Lacan and De...