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Monogamous Mind, Polyamorous Terror

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  • Brigitte Vasallo

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Monogamy is not a practice, but a system and a way of thinking. The monogamous mind extends from our romantic relationships with our national identities in a historic development linked to capitalism and colonialism. Monogamy is the latest step in the binary sex-gender system and must be observed as a part of it. Following the works of, among others, Michel Foucault, Arthur Evans, and Silvia Federici, as well as Frantz Fanon and Cedric Rodinson in colonialism, we can observe how the implementation of compulsory monogamy took place and where. Also, which are the key points to observe when we analyse forms of non-monogamy in the Occidental context.

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  • Brigitte Vasallo, 2019. "Monogamous Mind, Polyamorous Terror," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 24(4), pages 680-690, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:24:y:2019:i:4:p:680-690
    DOI: 10.1177/1360780419835563
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