Reflections on the Me Too movement and its philosophy

Abstract

In October 2017, The New York Times and The New Yorker published dozens of sexual abuse allegations against American film producer and executive Harvey Weinstein for harassment, sexual abuse, and even harm. It was the beginning of the “Me too” movement, also known by its hashtag
“#MeToo”, viralized through social networks by more than half a million people, including many celebrities. On March 11, 2020 Weinstein was
sentenced to 23 years in prison. Harvey Weinstein had become famous in the 1980s when he founded the legendary company Miramax with his
brother Bob. As a producer, Weinstein was the architect of great successes, such as Shakespeare in Love (1998), Gangs of New York (2002), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Smoke (1995), The English Patient (1996) -for which he obtained his first Academy Oscar-, Scream (1996),
Inglourious Basterds (2009), The King’s Speech (2010), and The Artist (2011), among many others. The revelation of Wainstein’s scandalous sexual
misconduct, which motivated his expulsion from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, opened a debate on the seventh art, the logic of
the market and the treatment of bodies in capitalism. This article by Jean-Claude Milner determines the deepest philosophical-analytical reflection
on the subject. Etica y Cine Journal publishes it for the first time in Spanish with the careful translation and notes of Valentín Huarte, as an essential
contribution to a discussion that must remain open under any circumstances.