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Korupcija i seks
Corruption and Sex

Author(s): Sanja Milutinović Bojanić
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: corruption; sex; sexual difference; generation; Aristotle; Irigaray; Madame Bovary; Flaubert

Summary/Abstract: 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.

  • Issue Year: 24/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-32
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Serbian