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Sexuality as Unity in Life: An Approach from Michel Henry\'s Phenomenology of Incarnation

Autores

MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ, JUAN PABLO

Publicación externa

No

Medio

Religions

Alcance

Article

Naturaleza

Científica

Cuartil JCR

Cuartil SJR

Impacto SJR

0.368

Fecha de publicacion

01/10/2023

ISI

001095331400001

Scopus Id

2-s2.0-85175293352

Abstract

This article aims to promote the integration of knowledge and life based on a phenomenological description of sexuality and erotic relations. To carry out this task, I will follow the approaches of the French philosopher Michel Henry in order to extract the anthropological consequences of a phenomenology of incarnation pertaining to sexuality. Both the peculiar union produced by the sexual act and its perpetually threatened condition through the "event" of nihilation of the flesh will be the object of reflection throughout this work. In my search for the reintegration of the human being through the sexual act, I will show the importance of woman and her spiritual superiority in deepening the intimate meaning of sexuality. Further, I will argue that the intersubjective experience lived in sexual practice demands a consideration of human beings from their ultimate condition of relational possibility (Life), emphasizing their engendered, not merely created, condition. Thus, the salvation of human beings and their involvement in the coming of Life to them is intrinsically related to that carnal disposition which aids to unify them, beyond their diversity, in their self-revelation in Life.

Palabras clave

Life; knowledge; flesh; affectivity; sexuality

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