Queer Theory as Actualized Cartesianism

July 29th, 2024 | 5 min read

My freshmen year of college I was assigned to read the 17th century work by René Descartes Discourse on Method, the original home of The Cogito: I think therefore I am. The thinker was the sine qua non of the person.

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Seth Troutt

Seth is the Teaching Pastor at Ironwood Church in Arizona. His doctoral studies focused on Gen Z, digitization, and bodily self-concept. He writes about emotions, gender, parenting, and the intersection of theology and culture. He and his wife Taylor have two young children.

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Queer Theory as Actualized Cartesianism

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