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The Devil's Insatiable Sex: A Genealogy of Evil Incarnate
Article first published online: 27 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2003.tb00777.x
2003 by Hypatia, Inc.
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Hypatia
Special Issue: Feminist Philosophy and the Problem of Evil
Volume 18, Issue 1, pages 10–43, February 2003
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DENIKE, M. (2003), The Devil's Insatiable Sex: A Genealogy of Evil Incarnate. Hypatia, 18: 10–43. doi: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2003.tb00777.x
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- Issue published online: 27 JAN 2009
- Article first published online: 27 JAN 2009
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This paper traces the political economy of the Christian concept of “evil” incarnate and its concomitant operations of sexual abjection and the repudiation of femininity, beginning with the early church's inaugural struggles to impose its monotheistic Law against maternal paganism. With attention to how “evil” has been deployed to sanction and sanctify the persecution of scapegoats, and particularly of heretics and witches, I examine the masculinist struggles for jurisdiction and control over women.