PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES OF THE EVOLUTION OF SEX AND SEXUAL LOVE: A HISTORY AND CURRENT DEBATES
A.V. Sukhoverkhov, N.V. Plotnikov, O.S. Kuznetsova
Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilin, Krasnodar, Russia
Keywords: sex, gender, evolution of sex, platonic love, metaphysics of sex, theory of love
Abstract
The popularity of the problem of gender has increased significantly in modern science. This interest was facilitated by the boost of gender issues in culture and society. However, available approaches to the study of the problem of gender are largely onesided, focusing either on the social or biological aspects of sex (gender). Borrowing ideas from the works of Russian philosophers (V.S. Solovyov, I.A. Ilyin, N.A. Berdyaev and V.V. Rozanov), the article presents an integrative approach. It is aimed at an interdisciplinary analysis of gender issues from a position that combines the results of research in biology, sociology, psychology, cultural studies and philosophy. Based on a comparative analysis, the research provides a juxtaposition of theories of sex and sexual love in philosophy and natural sciences and examines the main determinants of sex. It has been revealed that in nature and society, the determination of sex occurs by involving not only biological factors but also social and cognitive ones. The necessity of further maintenance of the “romantic” tradition in the understanding of the nature of sex and sexual love is emphasized.
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