Gender and the Problem of Universals: Catholic Mobilizations and Sexual Democracy in France
In the 1980s, John Boswell analyzed the controversy between ‘essentialists’ and ‘constructionists’ in gay and lesbian studies in the light of the medieval ‘problem of universals.’ This paper revives this analogy to understand the controversy launched by Catholic authorities against the (so-called) ‘...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Brill
[2016]
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Religion & gender
Ano: 2016, Volume: 6, Número: 2, Páginas: 173-186 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Frankreich
/ Igreja católica
/ Estudos de gênero
/ Naturalidade
/ Construção social
/ Política sexual
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| Classificações IxTheo: | CF Cristianismo ; Ciência CG Cristianismo e política KBG França KDB Igreja católica NBE Antropologia NCF Ética sexual ZB Sociologia |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Theory-of-gender
B Universals B Gender Studies B nature and biology B sexual democracy B realism and essentialism B nominalism and social constructionism |
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| Resumo: | In the 1980s, John Boswell analyzed the controversy between ‘essentialists’ and ‘constructionists’ in gay and lesbian studies in the light of the medieval ‘problem of universals.’ This paper revives this analogy to understand the controversy launched by Catholic authorities against the (so-called) ‘theory-of-gender’ pitted against gender studies at the risk of equating God with Nature. |
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| ISSN: | 1878-5417 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Religion & gender
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18352/rg.10157 |