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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
[2016]
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| Dans: |
Religion & gender
Année: 2016, Volume: 6, Numéro: 2, Pages: 173-186 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
France
/ Catholic church
/ Gender studies
/ Naturalness
/ Social construction
/ Sexual politics
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| RelBib Classification: | CF Christianisme et science CG Christianisme et politique KBG France KDB Église catholique romaine NBE Anthropologie NCF Éthique sexuelle ZB Sociologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | 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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| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion & gender
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18352/rg.10157 |