taverneClavel-Vazquez,AdrianaGallegos-Ordorica,Sergio ArmandoDetlefsen,KarenShapiro,Lisa2025-01-312025-01-312023-06-19Clavel-Vazquez, A & Gallegos-Ordorica, S A 2023, The Socratic Pedagogy of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. in K Detlefsen & L Shapiro (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Women and Early Modern European Philosophy. New York, pp. 479-492. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315450001-4297811382127569781315450001ORCID: /0000-0002-0517-032X/work/14255764610.4324/9781315450001-42https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14602/25212Seventeenth-century Novohispanic nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is noted for her writings defending women’s right to education. This chapter argues she defends women’s right to education by advancing Socratic pedagogy. Four aspects of Socratic pedagogy are explained: the use of autobiography, the use of complex irony, the eliciting of shame, and the portrayal of philosophy as an erotic activity. The chapter then shows how each of these four techniques is present in Sor Juana’s writings defending women’s education. The chapter concludes by suggesting that the use of Socratic pedagogy allows Sor Juana to demonstrate her status as a worthy interlocutor while appearing to remain respectful of social hierarchies and gender norms.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessChapterGeneral rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. - Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. - You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain - You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal" Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85161150818open7826760014806114https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/0f2ead8a-9044-4a04-98c9-67f2ebb73c51(c) Universiteit van TilburgClavel-Vazquez, AdrianaGallegos-Ordorica, Sergio ArmandoDetlefsen, KarenShapiro, Lisa