“For the rest, it is enough that I am a woman to make my sails droop…”. A woman in Europe – the feminist revolution of St. Teresa of Àvila
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https://doi.org/10.15633/ps.819Keywords:
Diotima, subculture, maternalité maternity, the epistemological revolution mother tongueAbstract
“For the rest, it is enough that I am a woman to make my sails droop”. This meaningful statement of St. Teresa of Jesus reveals, in an excellent way, the mentality typical for her times. Careful reading of the Teresian texts inspires us however to ask the following question: Have her wings really fallen? What does Teresa really mean about a woman, a carmelite woman? The reformer of the Carmel undertook the efforts of the independent and critical thinking. She started the epistemological revolution, which has been continuing through the ages. Today she is considered by the feminist environment of “Diotima” as an exemplary woman. This article presents assumptions of this environment, refers to the issue of Theresa’s language, tries to track the development of the Teresian subculture and her impact on her epoch.
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