词条 | François Poullain de la Barre |
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François Poullain de la Barre ({{IPA-fr|də la baʁ|lang}}; born in July 1647 in Paris, France, died May 4, 1723 in Geneva, Republic of Geneva) was a writer and a Cartesian philosopher. LifeInitially studying theology, Poullain de la Barre adopted the philosophy of Descartes. He became a priest in the Champagne area before converting to Protestantism. After the Edict of Fontainebleau revoked the Edict of Nantes, he was exiled in the Republic of Geneva, where he obtained the citizenship (bourgeoisie) in 1716.[1] He applied Cartesian principles to the question of women and wrote many texts of social philosophy which denounced injustice against woman and by the inequality of the female condition. Opposing the discrimination they experienced and as one of the champions of social equality between women and men, he is a precursor of the feminists. In 1673, he published On the Equality of the Two Sexes: "a physical and moral discourse in which is seen the importance of undoing prejudice in oneself," the first of three feminist works. Arguing the difference between men and women goes beyond the body, but is in the "constitution of the body". Poullain de la Barre rejects the idea the minds of men and women differ proclaiming "the mind has no sex". In claiming sexual difference lies in part through the 'constitution of the body' de la Barre argues unequal treatment that women experience in religious, educational and the effects of the environment create a perseived apparent innate difference of the sex.This does not have a natural basis, but proceeds from cultural prejudice. He recommends that women receive a true education and also says all careers should be open to them, including scientific careers. In a second work, "On the education of women, to guide the mind in sciences and manners", Barre continues reflection on the education of women. Although the title of his third work may seem to suggest an opposing point of view, "Of the excellence of the men against the equality of the sexes," it is a reply to some of the standard arguments against gender equality, not a reversal of his own positions. Pierre Bayle has advanced the theory that Poullain may have refuted his own thesis because he felt threatened, but the arguments antifeminists advanced are doubtful of this refutation. Opinions about Poullain de la Barre's place in the history of feminism vary considerably from one author to another. Simone de Beauvoir includes a quotation from Poullain de la Barre in an epigraph to The Second Sex in 1949: "All that has been written about women by men should be suspect, for the men are at once judge and party." See also
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References1. ^Poullain de la Barre, François, in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. External links
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