Kobiecość odzyskana? Pomiędzy sex a gender i esencją a konstruktem, czyli historia zgubnych dualizmów

• Authors: Małecka Magdalena

Title variants

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FEMININITY RECOVERED? SEX AND GENDER, ESSENCE AND CONSTRUCT. A HISTORY OF PERNICIOUS DUALISMS

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The aim of the article is to depict the basic categories and problems concerning philosophical thought about femininity, as well as to offer a critique of dualisms assumed to be self-evident and necessary for an analysis of femininity and masculinity. These dualisms were created according to “either-or” logic and suggest that reality is based on hierarchical pairs of opposites (i.e. woman—man, sex—gender, essence—construct, nature—culture, body—mind), which lead to an ostensible alternative of essentialism - constructivism. This article traces the consequences of taking for granted a binary-oriented construction of reality, which determines the direction of analysis and leads to reductionist conclusions. Moreover, the article suggests a scheme of philosophical anthropology called “feminology”, which on the one hand aims to study femininity without political references or a reductionist approach, and on the other analyzes femininity not as opposed to masculinity, but as “different from” it.

Keywords

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GENDER; SEX; FEMINITY; DUALISMUS; ESSENTIALISM; CONSTRUCTIVISM

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filozoficzny
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 89-106

Contributors

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Małecka Magdalena

• „Kwartalnik Filozoficzny”, Instytut Filozofii, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, ul.Grodzka 52, 31-044 Kraków, Poland