56 Compàs d’amalgama DOSSIER MONOGRÀFIC Abstract: Social norms, values and habits concerning our intimate lives are changing. For instance, more and more people are willing to experience romance, passion and par- enthood beyond the limits of monogamous relationships and traditional family struc- tures. This exploration of love, sexuality and friendship is currently known as “polyamo- ry”. In this article, I philosophically explore the theory and practice of polyamory in 12 fragments. The aim is twofold: frstly, I wish to dispel misleading prejudices and convic- tions around the topic and, secondly, I seek to convey a defationary view, which ac- counts for the ambiguity of polyamory. Polyamory, in my view, is an existential, psycho- logical and political praxis of dealing with the troubles inherent in our emotional lives, and in our social lives more generally. It is an exercise in embracing the dangers opened up by our constitutive vulnerability as human beings. Its ethical and political value con- sists in exploring and experimenting the potentially transformative and emancipating consequences that come with human interdependence. It is a thorny, exhausting pro- ject. It does not ofer any guarantee of happiness, but it might be worth it. Keywords: polyamory, vulnerability, interdependence, compersion, ambiguity. Resum: Normes socials, valors i costums de les nostres vides íntimes estan en fase de transformació. Per exemple, cada cop més persones aspiren a tenir experiències romànti- ques, passionals i progenitores més enllà dels límits de la monogàmia i d’estructures fami- liars tradicionals. Aquesta exploració de l’amor, la sexualitat i l’amistat es coneix avui com a «poliamor». En aquest article, s’explora flosòfcament la teoria i la pràctica del poliamor en dotze fragments i amb un doble objectiu: en primer lloc, per escombrar prejudicis i conviccions equivocades; en segon lloc, per proposar una visió defacionista que tingui en compte l’ambigüitat del poliamor. Perquè el poliamor és una praxi existencial, psicològica i política per enfrontar-se amb els problemes inherents a les nostres vides emocionals i, més en general, a les nostres vides socials. És l’exercici d’assumir els perills que ens deixa oberts la vulnerabilitat que ens constitueix com a éssers humans. El seu valor ètic i polític pot derivar d’una «experimentació» amb conseqüències potencialment transformadores i alliberadores intrínseques a la interdependència humana. És un projecte complex i fatigós. Dur-lo a terme no ofereix cap garantia de felicitat, però potser en val la pena. Paraules clau: poliamor, vulnerabilitat, interdependència, compersion, ambigüitat. * Federica Gregoratto is lecturer in the Philosophy Department of the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). She has publi- shed a book on the socio-critical relevance of Habermas’ theory of communication, as well as collections of essays and articles in Italian, English, French and Spanish on various topics in critical theory, social and political philosophy, pragma- tism, feminism/intersectionality and the philosophy of love and sex. In February 2021, she submitted her Habilitationschrift in philosophy with the title: Love Trouble. A Social Philosophy of Eros. ORCID: 0000-0003-3174-219X. Federica Gregoratto* University of St. Gallen federica.gregoratto@unisg.ch Loving Vulnerability Fragments on Polyamory