Manipulation and sexism in anarchism societyThe case of Gustave Courbet

  1. Estrella Trincado Aznar 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Journal:
Iberian Journal of the History of Economic Thought

ISSN: 2386-5768

Year of publication: 2023

Volume: 10

Issue: 2

Pages: 105-112

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/IJHE.91956 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

This article highlights one of the drifts that an anarchist society, defended by some ecofeminism, could lead to: the subjugation of women. From the sociology of economics, culture, and the arts, it shows how the French anarchist painter Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), a close friend of the thinker Pierre Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865), manipulated his paintings to nullify the role of women in society, maybe even out of awareness. Proudhon and Courbet, while appealing to radical freedom and seeking to maintain their independence from power, were driven by arrogance rather than by the dream of an inclusive and free society for all.

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