This article delves into the creation of subjectivity through the publicization of penance in Spanish convents. We seek to demonstrate that conventual sociability relied on the disclosure of each nun’s interiority despite the discourse of self-denial the conventual institution was built upon. However, this presentation of the self was clearly restricted and had to fit within contradictory norms to deny and dispel any vain temptation to appear greater than the others. Nuns had to be humble, secret, moderate, strictly obedient, yet they were expected to edify one another, to be zealous and violent in their desire to mortify or castigate themselves. As introspection was a recommended activity, these double binds and the scruples they bred justify the systematic resort to tactics that relied on the leeway conventual life provided to work around the rule and seek recognition from the community. This necessary acknowledgment of each nun’s flaws and deeds fostered a common interpretation of what was the most appropriate behavior inside the convent. Therefore, subjectivity was jointly built through these self-disclosing techniques and the reaction of the community.

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谴责你自己的罪：通过在西班牙修道院中宣传忏悔来争取主观性的斗争

本文通过在西班牙修道院中宣传忏悔来深入探讨主观性的创造。我们试图证明，尽管修道院制度建立在自我否定的话语之上，但修道院的社交性依赖于每个修女内在的披露。然而，这种自我的表现显然受到限制，必须符合相互矛盾的规范，以拒绝和消除任何显得比其他人更伟大的徒劳诱惑。修女必须谦虚、隐秘、温和、严格服从，但他们被期望相互启发，在他们想要羞辱或谴责自己时表现出热忱和暴力。由于内省是一项推荐活动，这些双重束缚和他们所孕育的顾虑证明了系统性地诉诸依赖于为规避规则工作并寻求社区认可的修道院生活所提供的策略的合理性。对每个修女的缺陷和行为的必要承认促进了对修道院内最合适行为的共同解释。因此，主观性是通过这些自我披露技术和社区的反应共同构建的。