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Is the sex binary a biological \u201cgiven\u201d or a socially constructed \u201cfact\u201d? And who has the authority to determine this? How have the gender wars of recent decades brought about unexpected convergences between the right in power and certain strands of feminism?<\/p>\n

Drawing on Hannah Arendt\u2019s thought as well as contemporary scientific debates, the first PoliTeSse seminar of the 2026\/2027 academic year will revisit the inexhaustible relationship between truth and politics, sex and gender, nature and culture.<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Lorenzo Bernini, Professor of Political Philosophy and Director of the PoliTeSse Research Centre (University of Verona).<\/p>\n

13 November 2026<\/strong><\/em>
\n12:30\u201314:30<\/strong><\/em>
\nSeminar Room 2 (Room 2.02), 2nd floor, Palazzo di Lettere<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Online participation will be possible upon request by registering through the following link: https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/e\/zT50yswYkE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5308,"template":"","class_list":["post-5309","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTruth, Gender, Politics \u2013 On the \u201cFundamental and Incontrovertible\u201d Biological Reality of the Two Sexes - Politesse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dsu.univr.it\/politesse\/event\/truth-gender-politics-on-the-fundamental-and-incontrovertible-biological-reality-of-the-two-sexes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Truth, Gender, Politics \u2013 On the \u201cFundamental and Incontrovertible\u201d Biological Reality of the Two Sexes - Politesse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is the sex binary a biological \u201cgiven\u201d or a socially constructed \u201cfact\u201d? 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