“Con la mirada en el cielo y en los hijos que son fruto del amor”: emociones y movilización católica frente al divorcio vincular, Argentina, 1984-1987

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07/2025
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Universidad de Los Andes
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Resumen. Objetivo/contexto: este artículo se pregunta por el lugar de las emociones en el debate sobre el divorcio que tuvo lugar en la Argentina en la década de 1980, haciendo foco en la campaña antidivorcista de la Iglesia. Metodología: se basa en un análisis cualitativo de prensa de la época y debates parlamentarios. En ellos se rastrean las referencias a las emociones, así como a prácticas emocionales y devocionales. Originalidad: el texto vuelve sobre los debates en torno de la legislación sobre el divorcio, que han recibido cierta atención de parte de las ciencias sociales, retomando los aportes de la historia de las emociones. Conclusiones: Por un lado, señala que el amor fue un elemento central en el debate sobre el divorcio, aunque definido de dos formas distintas por quienes estaban a favor y en contra de incorporarlo al ordenamiento legal: en el primer caso, defendían una noción de amor vinculada a la “simpatía”, mientras que en el otro estaba asociada a la defensa de Dios, la patria y la familia, cuya contrapartida era el miedo a la desestabilización social a la que podría llevar el cambio familiar. Por otro, el artículo muestra la emergencia de un template emocional en la forma que adoptó la campaña de la Iglesia, y en particular la movilización del 5 de julio de 1986, evidencia laemergencia de un modo específico de sentir político en relación con los derechos relacionados con la familia y la sexualidad, que se sostenía en elementos ligados con la religiosidad popular, y en particular con la devoción a la Virgen.
Objective/context: This article inquiries about the place of emotions in the debate on divorce in Argentina during the 1980s, focusing on the Church’s anti-divorce campaign. Methodology: It is based on a qualitative analysis of the press of the time and parliamentary debates. References to emotions, as well as emotional and devotional practices, are traced. Originality: the text revisits the debates surrounding the legislation on divorce, which has received some attention from the social sciences, taking up the contributions of the history of emotions. Conclusions: On the one hand, it points out that love was a central element in the debate on divorce, although defined in two different ways by those in favor and against incorporating it into the legal system. In the first case, they defended a notion of love linked to “sympathy.” On the other, it was associated with the defense of God, homeland, and family, whose counterpart was the fear of the social destabilization to which the family change could lead. On the other hand, the article also shows the emergence of an emotional template in the form taken by the Church campaign, particularly that of the mobilization of July 5, 1986, evidenced the emergence of a specific mode of political sentiment regarding rights related to family and sexuality, which was sustained by elements linked to popular religiosity, and in particular to devotion to the Virgin Mary.
Objective/context: This article inquiries about the place of emotions in the debate on divorce in Argentina during the 1980s, focusing on the Church’s anti-divorce campaign. Methodology: It is based on a qualitative analysis of the press of the time and parliamentary debates. References to emotions, as well as emotional and devotional practices, are traced. Originality: the text revisits the debates surrounding the legislation on divorce, which has received some attention from the social sciences, taking up the contributions of the history of emotions. Conclusions: On the one hand, it points out that love was a central element in the debate on divorce, although defined in two different ways by those in favor and against incorporating it into the legal system. In the first case, they defended a notion of love linked to “sympathy.” On the other, it was associated with the defense of God, homeland, and family, whose counterpart was the fear of the social destabilization to which the family change could lead. On the other hand, the article also shows the emergence of an emotional template in the form taken by the Church campaign, particularly that of the mobilization of July 5, 1986, evidenced the emergence of a specific mode of political sentiment regarding rights related to family and sexuality, which was sustained by elements linked to popular religiosity, and in particular to devotion to the Virgin Mary.
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