Sobre las significaciones de la libertad y la propiedad: una revisión feminista de Locke a la luz de algunos dilemas del presente

Under the light shed by contemporary feminist debates, this article inquires into the meanings of the idea that the first and foremost property that anyone can have is over his/her body. We also raise questions regarding the way in which historical and social transformations, as well as frameworks of understanding marked by languages and cultures, leave their imprint on concepts. In this endeavor, we attempt to explain why the gaze from the present, when projected back over the 17th Century and particularly toward Locke's philosophy - object of special attention here - tends to privilege certa...