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19 December 2023

Tenderness: comment on the article ‘Passion and tenderness as political forces’ by Jô Gondar

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After reading this article several times, I keep getting a twofold feeling: pleasure and estrangement. I wonder why, and (as happens to me frequently) I Google the definition of the word ‘tenderness’; Oxford Languages reports this definition: 1. Little resistance to pressure, cutting or processing, chewing: meat prized for its t.; t. of years, of age, referring to the fragility of very young organisms. 2. Feeling or manifestation of trusting kindness towards the beloved object. [...]

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Tenderness: comment on the article ‘Passion and tenderness as political forces’ by Jô Gondar. (2023). Ricerca Psicoanalitica, 34(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/rp.2023.807