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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2016]
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Religion & gender
Year: 2016, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 173-186 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
France
/ Catholic church
/ Gender studies
/ Naturalness
/ Social construction
/ Sexual politics
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| RelBib Classification: | CF Christianity and Science CG Christianity and Politics KBG France KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | 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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