Corruption and sex

Taking into account the difference between the ancient and modern (even postmodern) understandings of corruption, I am curious to explore why the bond linking corruption and sex seems so obvious. I have no intention of investigating both phenomena in the context of any moral category. What then...

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Main Author: Milutinović-Bojanić Sanja
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade 2013-01-01
Series:Filozofija i Društvo
Subjects:
sex
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2013/0353-57381301021M.pdf
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Corruption and sex
Filozofija i Društvo
corruption
sex
sexual difference
generation
Aristotle
Irigaray
Madame Bovary
Flaubert
author_facet Milutinović-Bojanić Sanja
author_sort Milutinović-Bojanić Sanja
title Corruption and sex
title_short Corruption and sex
title_full Corruption and sex
title_fullStr Corruption and sex
title_full_unstemmed Corruption and sex
title_sort corruption and sex
publisher Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade
series Filozofija i Društvo
issn 0353-5738
publishDate 2013-01-01
description Taking into account the difference between the ancient and modern (even postmodern) understandings of corruption, I am curious to explore why the bond linking corruption and sex seems so obvious. I have no intention of investigating both phenomena in the context of any moral category. What then did Flaubert have on his mind when he wrote that Rodolphe “treated Emma quite sans façon. He made of her something supple and corrupt.” What underpins the irresistible attraction between corruption and sex? Why is it impossible to eradicate corruption and repress sex and perceive them as solely functional strategies of generation and reproduction? This short outline follows certain philosophical remarks of Luce Irigaray and her thematization of the sexual difference in the demarcation of generation and corruption.
topic corruption
sex
sexual difference
generation
Aristotle
Irigaray
Madame Bovary
Flaubert
url http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2013/0353-57381301021M.pdf
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