Amelia Valcárcel
Amelia Valcárcel (November 16, 1950) is a Spanish philosopher and feminist. She is considered within the "philosophic feminism" as part of the "equality feminism" approach. She has been a member of the Spanish Council of State since 2006, and has been a professor in Moral and Political Philosophy at the National University of Distance Education since 2015.
Also recorded as Amelia Valcarcel
Amelia Valcárcel
- Name
- Amelia Valcárcel
- Born
- 16 November 1950
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- politician · philosopher · writer · librettist
- Movements
- feminism
- Honours
- Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise · honorary doctor of the University of Valencia · Comadre de Oro Award · Dolores Llópiz Award
- Languages
- Spanish · German · French
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Amelia Valcárcel (November 16, 1950) is a Spanish philosopher and feminist. She is considered within the "philosophic feminism" as part of the "equality feminism" approach. She has been a member of the Spanish Council of State since 2006, and has been a professor in Moral and Political Philosophy at the National University of Distance Education since 2015.
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Amelia Valcárcel (born 1949) is a Spanish librettist, philosopher and politician, among other activities. The librettist was born in Madrid.
Amelia Valcárcel is a member of El tren de la libertad and Les Comadres and held the positions of Councillor of State and professor emeritus. The librettist is associated with feminism.
Languages used include French, German and Spanish. Amelia Valcárcel received Comadre de Oro Award, Dolores Llópiz Award and honorary doctor of the University of Valencia.
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Biography
In recent years she has also been noted for her public activity against the 2023 "Trans Law" as well as for other controversies surrounding LGBTQ+ rights. She has been cited as one of the most visible faces of the TERF movement in Spain, a movement that considers transgender women to be men, and which aims to exclude them from feminist spaces.
The recorded working language is Spanish, German and French. Positions recorded include professor emeritus and Councillor of State. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, honorary doctor of the University of Valencia, Comadre de Oro Award and Dolores Llópiz Award.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Amelia Valcárcel • Born — 16 November 1950 • Birthplace — Madrid, Spain • Era — 20th21st-century philosophy • Region — Western philosophy
Early life and education
Early life and education
Valcárcel was born in Madrid. She studied philosophy at the Universities of Oviedo and Valencia, in Spain.
Professional life
Professional life
Valcárcel worked at the University of Oviedo for three decades, before becoming Professor in Moral and Political Philosophy at the National University of Distance Education. She has participated and organized numerous seminars and conferences in the fields of Philosophy, moral values and women’s rights. She has been also taken part in national and international panels and boards, as well as playing an advisory role at editorial and journal boards. She was the director of the magazine Leviatán. Valcárcel is actively engaged in public affairs in Spain. She has performed various public roles, including State Counsellor and vice-president of the Real Patronage of the Museo del Prado. Between 1993 and 1995, she was Counsellor for Education, Culture, Sports and Youth in the regional government of Asturias.
Philosophy and feminism
Valcárcel's academic life has been mainly devoted to two academic fields: philosophy and feminist studies. Within the subject area of Feminist Philosophy, Valcárcel is considered to be part of the equality feminism approach. Her most distinctive contribution to the field of feminist thinking has been to place feminism within the canonic history of political philosophy, especially in her monograph Feminismo en el mundo global (2008). She has written several manuscripts, some of them translated into other languages. Her theoretical thinking is close to that of the equally well-known Spanish philosophers Celia Amorós and Victoria Camps. Valcárcel takes the philosophical position that the nexus between women is not the nature or essence of themselves, opposite to the difference feminism arguments, it is however the patriarchal and hetero-designation, the role which patriarchal assigns to women (mother, daughter, espouse and prostitute...) and especially the role women occupy in society which has been depicted by men. Likewise, the role and common denominator that all women share is their functional status (submission) different from men.
Writings
Writings
• Hegel y la Ética (1989) (Heguel and Ethic) • Sexo y Filosofía (1991) (Sex and Philosophy) • Del miedo a la igualdad (1993) (From Fear to Equality). Finalist of the National Essay Book Prize 1994 • La política de las mujeres (1997) (Women’s politics) • Ética contra estética (1998) (Ethic against Aesthetic) • Rebeldes (2000) (Rebels) • Ética para un mundo global (2002) (Ethic for a global world) • Hablemos de Dios (2007) (Let’s Talk of God) co-authored with Victoria Camps. • Feminismo en un mundo global (2009) (Feminism in a global world) • La memoria y el perdón (2010) (Memory and forgiveness)
Editions
Editions
• El Concepto de Igualdad (The Concept of Equality) • Los Desafíos del Feminismo en el siglo XXI (The Challenges of Feminism in the 21st Century) • Pensadoras del siglo XX (Thinkers of the 20th Century) • El sentido de la Libertad (The Meaning of Freedom) • El Debate del voto femenino en la Constitución de 1931 (The Debate of Women's Suffrage in the Spanish 1931 Constitution) • Feminismo, género e igualdad (Feminism, Gender and Equality)
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- 1.Amelia Valcárcel sobre la Ley Trans: "No podemos dañar a nuestros hijos para que cuatro personas conserven sus puestecitos". ELMUNDO. 2022-10-18.
- 2.Debate, El. Amelia Valcárcel: «El lobby 'queer' intenta suplantar el movimiento feminista». El Debate. 2023-05-28.
- 3.Vallejo, Cristina. La filósofa socialista Amelia Valcárcel cierra filas con el PP en la ley trans. Las Provincias. 2022-12-16.
- 4.Agencias. Varias feministas históricas lanzan un manifiesto contra la 'ley trans': "Es reaccionaria". elconfidencial.com. 2021-02-08.
- 5.Amelia Valcárcel: «Sé lo que es el sexo, lo otro no sé, es un concepto». La Voz de Asturias. 2021-07-07.
- 6.Infobae, Por Newsroom. They accused UNAM of being a transphobic institution for comments from academics. infobae. 2022-03-25.
- 7.Amelia Valcárcel desata la polémica al minimizar la persecución talibán a los homosexuales. La Voz de Asturias. 2021-08-19.
- 8.Carla Antonelli contraataca duramente a Amelia Valcárcel: «Sigue siendo una tránsfoba de manual». La Voz de Asturias. 2022-10-20.
- 9.Radfems, TERF y el sujeto del feminismo: hablan las mujeres (trans). www.elsaltodiario.com.
- 10.Vives Bauçà, Bel. Sobre «agendes queer», «lobbies trans» i «sectes mutants»: feminisme trans-excloent a l'Estat Espanyol. Clivatge Estudis i testimonis sobre el conflicte i el canvi socials. 9. 2021-12-01. 2014-6590.
- 11.Solís, Raúl. La batalla trans. 2022. 978-84-18684-34-0.
- 12.El debate. Amelia Valcarcel. El País.
- 13."Spanish stereotypes: statistics tell us they have Mondays, too". Europa.
- 14.Leviatán, revista de hechos e ideas 1978-.
- 15.J, j. m. Amelia Valcárcel analiza en Valencia la relación entre religión y democracia. El País. 19 November 2014.
- 16.Web oficial. Consejo de Estado - España.
- 17.Enciclopedia on line. Museo Nacional del Prado.
- 18.Torralvo, Malen Aznarez. Una filósofa en Combate. El País. 2006.
- 19."The Furious Gaze " . Frieze, issue 116.
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