Sade en el pensamiento feminista / Sade in Feminist Thought

Resumen La polemica obra de Sade ha suscitado en el pensamiento feminista diversas interpretaciones y lecturas criticas. Este articulo ofrece un recorrido por dichos abordajes analizando particularmente el constructo filosofico-literario denominado libertinage sadien y concentrandose sobre dos problematicas centrales: el tratamiento teorico y literario de la diferencia sexual en las novelas libertinas de Sade y los posibles aportes que sus textos harian a la reflexion sobre la equidad entre los individuos de distinto genero o identidad. Nos proponemos estudiar asimismo, examinando su permanente tension, dos fenomenos aparentemente opuestos que caracterizarian al libertinaje sadeano: la resistencia a la heteronormatividad y la defensa de sexualidades alternativas, por un lado, y, por otro, un modelo de erotismo sacrificial, cercano a lo que suele denominarse «sadismo». Palabras clave: Sade, Feminismo, Libertinaje, Juliette. Abstract Sade’s controversial work has prompted in feminist thought diverse critical interpretations. This paper seeks to offer an overview of these approaches, particularly analysing the philosophical and literary construct designated as libertinage sadien and concentrating on two central issues: the theoretical and literary treatment of sexual difference in Sade’s libertine novels and the possible contribution that his texts could make to the debate on equity between individuals of different genders or identities. Moreover, this study looks to examine two apparently opposed phenomena that seemingly characterize sadean libertinage: on one hand, the resistance to heteronormativity and the defense of alternative sexualities, and, on the other, the sacrificial model of eroticism, resembling what is customarily known as «sadism». Keywords: Sade, Feminism, Libertinage, Juliette.