‘Mais s’il y en a’: (Barbara Cassin's Gender/Genre)

Cassin has resisted being ‘assigned an essence’ as a woman philosopher but played extensively with the sedimented resonances of this designation. This article asks how Barbara Cassin's interest in providing ‘enough of the truth’ been extended to sexual difference and gender. What is the effect of understanding these as matters of translation and (un)translatability?

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2025-03-01
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https://doi.org/10.3366/para.2025.0483
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Latin American and Latino Studies
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‘Mais s’il y en a’: (Barbara Cassin's Gender/Genre)

Penelope Deutscher
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Latin American and Latino Studies
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‘Mais s’il y en a’: (Barbara Cassin's Gender/Genre)

Penelope Deutscher
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Cassin has resisted being ‘assigned an essence’ as a woman philosopher but played extensively with the sedimented resonances of this designation. This article asks how Barbara Cassin's interest in providing ‘enough of the truth’ been extended to sexual difference and gender. What is the effect of understanding these as matters of translation and (un)translatability?

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