"They Just Happened": The Curious Case of the Unplanned Baby, Italian Low Fertility, and the "End" of Rationality
"They Just Happened": The Curious Case of the Unplanned Baby, Italian Low Fertility, and the "End" of Rationality
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1548-1387.2012.01223.x
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Krause, Elizabeth L.
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作者：
Krause, Elizabeth L.
即使在一个生育率极低的国家，至少有四分之一的婴儿是计划外的。这一发现令政策制定者感到困惑。本文以意大利的“离奇案例”为出发点，揭露有关理性的假设。它借鉴了马克斯•韦伯（Max Weber）的经典批判和艾米丽•马丁（Emily Martin）的当代评价，提供了一种拆除理性“自负”的模式。它问：(1)与性和生殖有关的理性假设是如何表现出来的？(2)定性数据如何挑战理性主义假设？(3)文化逻辑是如何表达的，它们揭示了低生育率“问题”的什么？在方法上，这篇文章提供了一种创新的方法，将作者的田野调查所得的人种学数据与意大利研究人员的多城市项目的惊人发现并置。分析表明，在政策制定者渴望社会凝聚力和人口政治围绕生育、移民和老龄化加剧的背景下，理性是一种治理技巧。
Even in a country with super-low fertility rates, at least one-quarter of all babies are unplanned. The finding puzzles policymakers. This article uses Italy's "curious case" as a jumping-off point to expose assumptions about rationality. It offers a model to dismantle the "conceit" of rationality, drawing on Max Weber's classic critique and Emily Martin's contemporary appraisal. It asks: (1) How do assumptions about rationality related to sexuality and reproduction manifest? (2) How do qualitative data challenge rationalist assumptions? and (3) How are cultural logics expressed and what do they reveal about the "problem" of low fertility? Methodologically, the article offers an innovative approach, juxtaposing ethnographic data derived from the author's fieldwork with startling findings from Italian researchers' multicity project. The analysis exposes the rationality trope as a technique of governance in a context in which policymakers yearn for social cohesion and population politics intensify around birthing, immigration, and aging.