Revisitar a gaia scienza de Mario Mieli

Abstract

Practically unknown in Portugal, the work of Mario Mieli (1952-1983) is one with his politically engaged life and is on the process of being rediscovered, in a time when the younger queer generations are putting forward projects that are akin of his gaia scienza, and namely in what concerns his particular notion of trans-sexuality, unaware of the latter, as well as of the questions it raised already at its inception. The present text introduces it in its nine points, traces its dissemination in queer studies, concerning both its insights and its limitations, and its critical reception down to the present day.