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| '''François Poullain de la Barre''' (July 1647 – May 4, 1723)<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=La Vopa|first=Anthony J.|date=February 2010|title=Sexless Minds at Work and at Play: Poullain de la Barre and the Origins of Early Modern Feminism|journal=Representations|volume=109|issue=1|pages=57–94|doi=10.1525/rep.2010.109.1.57|issn=0734-6018}}</ref> was an author, ] and a ] philosopher. | '''François Poullain de la Barre''' (July 1647 – May 4, 1723)<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=La Vopa|first=Anthony J.|date=February 2010|title=Sexless Minds at Work and at Play: Poullain de la Barre and the Origins of Early Modern Feminism|journal=Representations|volume=109|issue=1|pages=57–94|doi=10.1525/rep.2010.109.1.57|issn=0734-6018}}</ref> was an author, ], and a ] philosopher. | ||
| ==Life== | ==Life== | ||
| François Poullain de la Barre was born on July 1647 in Paris France, to a family with |
François Poullain de la Barre was born on July 1647 in Paris France, to a family with judicial nobility.<ref name=":0" /> He added "de la Barre" to his name later in life.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Shulevitz|first=Judith|date=2021-07-28|title=I Found the Feminism I Was Looking For in the Lost Writings of a 17th-Century Priest|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/09/francois-poulain-radical-feminism/619499/|access-date=2021-08-27|website=The Atlantic|language=en}}</ref> After graduating in 1663 with a master of arts, he spent three years at ] where he studied theology.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Clarke|first=Desmond|date=2013-03-26|title=François Poulain de la Barre|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2014/entries/francois-barre/}}</ref> In 1679, he became an ordained ] priest. From 1679 to 1688, he led two modest parishes, ] and ], in ] in northern France.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
| In 1688 |
In 1688, Poullaine de la Barre left ] and the priesthood to return to ]. At the time the Catholic Church was critical of Cartesianism. By 1689 he moved to ] where he converted to ], a branch of ]. The following year, he married Marie Ravier.<ref name=":1" /> After a year as a tutor, he got a position teaching at a local Genevan university. After the ] revoked the ], he was exiled in the ], where he obtained the citizenship (bourgeoisie) in 1716.<ref>, in the ].</ref> He spent the remainder of his life in Geneva, where he died on May 4, 1723.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
| == Work == | == Work == | ||
| During a physiology conference in 1667 a friend of |
During a physiology conference in 1667 a friend of Poullain de la Barre introduced him to ], a philosophy created by philosopher ].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stuurman|first=Siep|date=October 1997|title=Social Cartesianism: Francois Poulain de la Barre and the Origins of the Enlightenment|journal=Journal of the History of Ideas|volume=58|issue=4|pages=617–640|doi=10.1353/jhi.1997.0041|jstor=3653963|s2cid=170786547}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/895078218 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/895077820 cite #2 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. ]}}</ref> Poullain de la Barre later adopted the philosophy and applied Cartesian principles to ] thought and wrote many texts of ] which denounced injustice against ] and by the inequality of the female condition.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Stuurman|first=Siep|date=October 1997|title=Social Cartesianism: Francois Poulain de la Barre and the Origins of the Enlightenment|journal=Journal of the History of Ideas|volume=58|issue=4|pages=617–640|doi=10.1353/jhi.1997.0041|jstor=3653963|s2cid=170786547}}</ref> He opposed the ] women experienced and championed ] between women and men.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Three Cartesian Feminist Treatises|last1=Poullain de la Barre|first1=François|last2=Welch|first2=Marcelle Maistre|last3=Bosley|first3=Vivien|date=2002|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226676548|doi = 10.7208/chicago/9780226676555.001.0001}}</ref> | ||
| Six years after his introduction to Cartesianism |
Six years after his introduction to Cartesianism, Poullain de la Barre published a three part series on the female condition. In 1673 he published ''On the Equality of the Two Sexes:'' ''A Physical and Moral Discourse, Which Shows That it is Important to Rid Oneself of Prejudice'',<ref name=":2" /> which argued that the difference between men and women goes beyond the body, but is in the "constitution of the body". He rejected the idea that the minds of men and women differ, historically proclaiming "the mind has no sex".<ref name=":3" /> In claiming sexual difference lies in part through the "constitution of the body", Poullain de la Barre argued the unequal treatment that women experience in religious and educational instruction, and the effects of the environment, create a perceived apparent innate difference between the sexes.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Broad|first=Jacqueline|date=December 2003|title=Thinking about modernity: English women philosophers and the origins of modernity|journal=Intellectual News|volume=13|issue=1|pages=27–37|doi=10.1080/15615324.2003.10427197|s2cid=21231634|issn=1561-5324}}</ref> In his assessment, this does not have a natural basis, it is not ] nor is it innate, but proceeds from cultural prejudice, and can be understood as ].<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|title=François Poulain de la Barre and the invention of modern equality|last=Stuurman, Siep|date=2004|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0674011854|oclc=52886676}}</ref> Poullain de la Barre advocated for female education, emphasizing that women should receive a true and quality education.<ref name=":4" /> He also asserted that all careers, including scientifc ones, should be open to them.<ref>http://blog.le-miklos.eu/wp-content/Poullain-EgaliteDesDeuxSexes.pdf</ref> | ||
| In 1674 he published ''On the Education of Ladies'' |
In 1674, he published ''On the Education of Ladies:'' ''To Guide the Mind in Sciences and Morals'', continuing his reflection on the education of women, but utilizing Socratic dialogue. He addresses the historical constrains of the time.<ref name=":0" /> In 1675 François Poullain de la Barre published the third in his series, ''On the Excellence of Men:'' ''Against the Equality of the Sexes''". The title was sarcastic; the book was a rebuttal of those opposed to gender equality.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
| == Responses and critiques == | == Responses and critiques == | ||
| Opinions about Poullain de la Barre's place in the history of feminism vary considerably |
Opinions about Poullain de la Barre's place in the history of feminism vary considerably, but his theories have often been used by others, such as ].<ref name=":5" /> ] has advanced the theory that Poullain may have refuted his own thesis because he felt threatened, but the arguments ]s advanced are doubtful of this refutation.{{Citation needed|date=AUGUST 2021}} | ||
| ] includes a quotation from Poullain de la Barre in an epigraph to ''] '' in 1949: "All that has been written about women by men should be | ] includes a quotation from Poullain de la Barre in an epigraph to ''] '' in 1949: "All that has been written about women by men should be suspect, for the men are at once judge and party." | ||
| suspect, for the men are at once judge and party." | |||
| == Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
| *''De l’Égalité des deux sexes, discours physique et moral où l’on voit l’importance de se défaire des préjugés'', Paris, Chez Jean du Puis, 1673 |
*''De l’Égalité des deux sexes, discours physique et moral où l’on voit l’importance de se défaire des préjugés'', Paris, Chez Jean du Puis, 1673; Fayard, 1984. | ||
| *''De l’Éducation des dames pour la conduite de l’esprit dans les sciences et dans les mœurs, entretiens'', Paris, Chez Jean du Puis, 1674 |
*''De l’Éducation des dames pour la conduite de l’esprit dans les sciences et dans les mœurs, entretiens'', Paris, Chez Jean du Puis, 1674; Université de Toulouse Le Mirail, Toulouse, 1980, 1985. | ||
| *''De l’Excellence des hommes contre l’égalité des sexes'', Paris, J. Du Puis, 1675. | *''De l’Excellence des hommes contre l’égalité des sexes'', Paris, J. Du Puis, 1675. | ||
| *''La Doctrine des protestans sur la liberté de lire l’Ecriture sainte, le service divin en langue entenduë, l’invocation des saints, le sacrement de l’Eucharistie'', Genève, 1720. | *''La Doctrine des protestans sur la liberté de lire l’Ecriture sainte, le service divin en langue entenduë, l’invocation des saints, le sacrement de l’Eucharistie'', Genève, 1720. | ||
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| * '''' Paris, J. Du Puis, 1675 | * '''' Paris, J. Du Puis, 1675 | ||
| ==Studies, critical editions and biographies== | ==Studies, critical editions, and biographies== | ||
| *Madeleine Alcover, ''Poullain de la Barre : une aventure philosophique'', Paris ; Seattle, Papers on French seventeenth century literature, 1981. | *Madeleine Alcover, ''Poullain de la Barre : une aventure philosophique'', Paris ; Seattle, Papers on French seventeenth century literature, 1981. | ||
| *Elsa Dorlin, ''L’Évidence de l’égalité des sexes. Une philosophie oubliée du XVIIe'', Paris L’Harmattan, 2001 {{ISBN|978-2-7475-0016-6}}. | *Elsa Dorlin, ''L’Évidence de l’égalité des sexes. Une philosophie oubliée du XVIIe'', Paris L’Harmattan, 2001 {{ISBN|978-2-7475-0016-6}}. | ||
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| François Poulain de la Barre | |
| Pronunciation | French: |
| Born | July 1647 Paris, France |
| Died | May 4, 1723 Geneva, Republic of Geneva |
| Education | B.A., Sorbonne |
| Notable work | On the Equality of the Two Sexes On the Education of Women On the Excellence of the Men |
| Spouse |
Marie Ravier (m. 1690) |
François Poullain de la Barre (July 1647 – May 4, 1723) was an author, Catholic priest, and a Cartesian philosopher.
Life
François Poullain de la Barre was born on July 1647 in Paris France, to a family with judicial nobility. He added "de la Barre" to his name later in life. After graduating in 1663 with a master of arts, he spent three years at Sorbonne where he studied theology. In 1679, he became an ordained Catholic priest. From 1679 to 1688, he led two modest parishes, Versigny and La Flamengrie, in Picardy in northern France.
In 1688, Poullaine de la Barre left Picardy and the priesthood to return to Paris. At the time the Catholic Church was critical of Cartesianism. By 1689 he moved to Geneva where he converted to Calvinism, a branch of Protestantism. The following year, he married Marie Ravier. After a year as a tutor, he got a position teaching at a local Genevan university. 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. He spent the remainder of his life in Geneva, where he died on May 4, 1723.
Work
During a physiology conference in 1667 a friend of Poullain de la Barre introduced him to Cartesianism, a philosophy created by philosopher René Descartes. Poullain de la Barre later adopted the philosophy and applied Cartesian principles to feminist thought and wrote many texts of social philosophy which denounced injustice against woman and by the inequality of the female condition. He opposed the discrimination women experienced and championed social equality between women and men.
Six years after his introduction to Cartesianism, Poullain de la Barre published a three part series on the female condition. In 1673 he published On the Equality of the Two Sexes: A Physical and Moral Discourse, Which Shows That it is Important to Rid Oneself of Prejudice, which argued that the difference between men and women goes beyond the body, but is in the "constitution of the body". He rejected the idea that the minds of men and women differ, historically proclaiming "the mind has no sex". In claiming sexual difference lies in part through the "constitution of the body", Poullain de la Barre argued the unequal treatment that women experience in religious and educational instruction, and the effects of the environment, create a perceived apparent innate difference between the sexes. In his assessment, this does not have a natural basis, it is not essential nor is it innate, but proceeds from cultural prejudice, and can be understood as social constructionist. Poullain de la Barre advocated for female education, emphasizing that women should receive a true and quality education. He also asserted that all careers, including scientifc ones, should be open to them.
In 1674, he published On the Education of Ladies: To Guide the Mind in Sciences and Morals, continuing his reflection on the education of women, but utilizing Socratic dialogue. He addresses the historical constrains of the time. In 1675 François Poullain de la Barre published the third in his series, On the Excellence of Men: Against the Equality of the Sexes". The title was sarcastic; the book was a rebuttal of those opposed to gender equality.
Responses and critiques
Opinions about Poullain de la Barre's place in the history of feminism vary considerably, but his theories have often been used by others, such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 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.
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."
Bibliography
- De l’Égalité des deux sexes, discours physique et moral où l’on voit l’importance de se défaire des préjugés, Paris, Chez Jean du Puis, 1673; Fayard, 1984.
- De l’Éducation des dames pour la conduite de l’esprit dans les sciences et dans les mœurs, entretiens, Paris, Chez Jean du Puis, 1674; Université de Toulouse Le Mirail, Toulouse, 1980, 1985.
- De l’Excellence des hommes contre l’égalité des sexes, Paris, J. Du Puis, 1675.
- La Doctrine des protestans sur la liberté de lire l’Ecriture sainte, le service divin en langue entenduë, l’invocation des saints, le sacrement de l’Eucharistie, Genève, 1720.
- (in English) Three Cartesian Feminist Treaties, Chicago, University of Chicago press, 2002.
- Francois Poulain de la Barre, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2014.
Works
- De l’Éducation des dames pour la conduite de l’esprit dans les sciences et dans les mœurs, Paris, J. Du Puis, 1674
- De l’Égalité des deux sexes, discours physique et moral où l’on voit l’importance de se défaire des préjugez, Paris, J. Du Puis, 1676
- De l’Égalité des deux sexes, discours physique et moral où l’on voit l’importance de se défaire des préjugez, 2nd edition, Paris, 1679 (annotated transcript in modern French spelling)
- De l’Excellence des hommes contre l’égalité des sexes Paris, J. Du Puis, 1675
Studies, critical editions, and biographies
- Madeleine Alcover, Poullain de la Barre : une aventure philosophique, Paris ; Seattle, Papers on French seventeenth century literature, 1981.
- Elsa Dorlin, L’Évidence de l’égalité des sexes. Une philosophie oubliée du XVIIe, Paris L’Harmattan, 2001 ISBN 978-2-7475-0016-6.
- Christine Fauré, Poullain de la Barre, sociologue et libre penseur, Corpus n° 1, 1985 pp. 43–51.
- Geneviève Fraisse, Poullain de la Barre, ou le procès des préjugés, Corpus n° 1, 1985 pp. 27–41.
- Marie-Frédérique Pellegrin, ed. "François Poullain de la Barre, De l'égalité des deux sexes; De l'éducation des dames; De l'excellence des hommes", Paris Vrin, 2011.
- (in English) Siep Stuurman, Social Cartesianism : François Poullain de la Barre and the origins of the enlightenment, Journal of the history of ideas, 1997, vol. 58, no4, pp. 617–640.
- (in English) Siep Stuurman, François Poulain de la Barre and the Invention of Modern Equality, Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University Press, 2004 ISBN 978-0-674-01185-4.
- Desmond, C. (2014). François Poulain de la Barre. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2014/entries/francois-barre/>.
- La Vopa, A. (2010). Sexless Minds at Work and at Play: Poullain de la Barre and the Origins of Early Modern Feminism. Representations 109(1), 57-94. doi:10.1525/rep.2010.109.1.57
- Poulain, . L. B. F., Maistre, W. M., & Bosley, V. E. (2002). Three Cartesian feminist treatises. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Stuurman, S. (1997). Social Cartesianism: François Poulain de la Barre and the Origins of the Enlightenment. Journal of the History of Ideas, 58(4), 617-640. doi:10.2307/3653963
References
- ^ La Vopa, Anthony J. (February 2010). "Sexless Minds at Work and at Play: Poullain de la Barre and the Origins of Early Modern Feminism". Representations. 109 (1): 57–94. doi:10.1525/rep.2010.109.1.57. ISSN 0734-6018.
- ^ Shulevitz, Judith (2021-07-28). "I Found the Feminism I Was Looking For in the Lost Writings of a 17th-Century Priest". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ Clarke, Desmond (2013-03-26). "François Poulain de la Barre".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Poullain de la Barre, François, in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Stuurman, Siep (October 1997). "Social Cartesianism: Francois Poulain de la Barre and the Origins of the Enlightenment". Journal of the History of Ideas. 58 (4): 617–640. doi:10.1353/jhi.1997.0041. JSTOR 3653963. S2CID 170786547.
- ^ Stuurman, Siep (October 1997). "Social Cartesianism: Francois Poulain de la Barre and the Origins of the Enlightenment". Journal of the History of Ideas. 58 (4): 617–640. doi:10.1353/jhi.1997.0041. JSTOR 3653963. S2CID 170786547.
- ^ Poullain de la Barre, François; Welch, Marcelle Maistre; Bosley, Vivien (2002). Three Cartesian Feminist Treatises. University of Chicago Press. doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226676555.001.0001. ISBN 9780226676548.
- Broad, Jacqueline (December 2003). "Thinking about modernity: English women philosophers and the origins of modernity". Intellectual News. 13 (1): 27–37. doi:10.1080/15615324.2003.10427197. ISSN 1561-5324. S2CID 21231634.
- ^ Stuurman, Siep (2004). François Poulain de la Barre and the invention of modern equality. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674011854. OCLC 52886676.
- http://blog.le-miklos.eu/wp-content/Poullain-EgaliteDesDeuxSexes.pdf
External links
- Siep STUURMAN: François Poulain de la Barre and the Invention of Modern Equality. Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University Press, 2004, X-361 pages, by Marie-Frédérique Pellegrin and Nicole Pellegrin
- XVIIIème siècle: La femme entre nature et société on Thucydide
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