âLe devoir des épouxâ
Michel Foucaultâs Reading of John Chrysostomâs Marital Ethic in Histoire de la sexualité 4: Les aveux de la chair ([1982â1984] 2018)
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The purpose of this article is to examine and evaluate Michel Foucaultâs use of John Chrysostomâs (c. 349â407â¯CE) views on marriage and sexuality, as it is expounded in Foucaultâs fourth volume of Histoire de la sexualité, Les aveux de la chair (2018). The following question is asked: does Foucault have anything new and relevant to say to current scholarship of John Chrysostom, especially in terms of his views about sexuality and marriage? The article brings Foucaultâs contribution into dialogue with more or less current scholarship of Chrysostom. The study first examines the sources Foucault used for Chrysostom, and then critically delineates and assesses Foucaultâs argument regarding marriage in John Chrysostom. In the analysis of Foucaultâs reading of Chrysostomâs marital ethic, attention is given to three central aspects present in the chapter, âLe devoir des épouxâ (âThe Duty of the Spousesâ). First, the links Foucault establishes between the micro-politics of sexuality (and the domus or private life) and the macro-politics of the Christian Empire is discussed. Second, it is asked how Foucault reconstructs Chrysostomâs marital ethic as a type of technÄ for the married life, including how Foucault attempts to deconstruct the dichotomy between marriage and virginity. Finally, the study analyses how Foucault interprets Chrysostomâs view of the conjugal relationship as one based on the rights of property ownership and debt.
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âLe devoir des épouxâ
Michel Foucaultâs Reading of John Chrysostomâs Marital Ethic in Histoire de la sexualité 4: Les aveux de la chair ([1982â1984] 2018)
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The purpose of this article is to examine and evaluate Michel Foucaultâs use of John Chrysostomâs (c. 349â407â¯CE) views on marriage and sexuality, as it is expounded in Foucaultâs fourth volume of Histoire de la sexualité, Les aveux de la chair (2018). The following question is asked: does Foucault have anything new and relevant to say to current scholarship of John Chrysostom, especially in terms of his views about sexuality and marriage? The article brings Foucaultâs contribution into dialogue with more or less current scholarship of Chrysostom. The study first examines the sources Foucault used for Chrysostom, and then critically delineates and assesses Foucaultâs argument regarding marriage in John Chrysostom. In the analysis of Foucaultâs reading of Chrysostomâs marital ethic, attention is given to three central aspects present in the chapter, âLe devoir des épouxâ (âThe Duty of the Spousesâ). First, the links Foucault establishes between the micro-politics of sexuality (and the domus or private life) and the macro-politics of the Christian Empire is discussed. Second, it is asked how Foucault reconstructs Chrysostomâs marital ethic as a type of technÄ for the married life, including how Foucault attempts to deconstruct the dichotomy between marriage and virginity. Finally, the study analyses how Foucault interprets Chrysostomâs view of the conjugal relationship as one based on the rights of property ownership and debt.
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