Geneviève Fraisse remind us that women’s bodies are at the heart of these political and social disputes. And it’s a matter of speaking and not freeing it. Professor of philosophy, she co-founded the magazine Les Revoltes in 1975, around Jacques Rancière. Entry to the Center
National Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1983, it participates in the creation of the International College of Philosophy.
She co-directed Women’s History in the West (volume 4 XIXth century, 1991) when she is visiting researcher
at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, USA) in 1990. From 2006-2010 she is president of the Scientific Committee of
Institut Émilie du Châtelet and, from 2011 to 2013, teacher at the Institute of Political Studies of Paris (PRESAGE program,
Master-degree course « Gender Thinking and Democracy ». His research focuses on the history of the controversy of the sexes,
from an epistemological and political point of view. She is the author many books, including: Muse of Reason,
exclusive democracy and gender difference (1989), Women and Their History (1998), Consent (2007), The
Privilege of Simone de Beauvoir, 2008, Beside gender, sex …) This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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