Geneviève Fraisse
Encyclopedia
Geneviève Fraisse is a French
philosopher.
She was born within Murs blancs ( "White walls"), a community founded by Emmanuel Mounier
at Châtenay-Malabry
. Her parents, Paul Fraisse (an author of books of experimental psychology) and Simone Fraisse (an author of books on Charles Péguy
, Ernest Renan
, and Simone Weil
), were both professors at the Sorbonne. After May 1968, she helped Jacques Rancière create the journal Les Révoltes logiques ( "Logical revolts"). Author of numerous books, her work focuses on the history of the battle of the sexes
from an epistemological and political viewpoint.
Her research led her to postulate concepts on the "domestic", "exclusive democracy," "women of reason", the "two governments", the "mixing of the sexes" and, more recently, "consent". The complexity of the debate on gender led her to work closely with the historians, particularly on the synthesis of the history of women in the West. Seen as a leader of contemporary thought, her idea of gender equality lies between theory and practice.
Geneviève Fraisse has been an interministerial delegate on women's rights from 1997 to 1998 and a Member of European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, as an independent member of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left. She took the initiative of two parliamentary agendas, one on the performing arts, the other on women and sport. Since 2004, Geneviève Fraisse has also been a producer at France Culture (Europe ideas).
Geneviève Fraisse joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1983. She helped create the International College of Philosophy (1984). She was Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study
in 1990. A doctor, she has been director of research at CNRS since 1997 and visiting professor at Rutgers University
(USA, 2000-2002). She was also president of the Scientific Committee of the Institut Emilie du Châtelet from 2006 to 2010.
, philosophe et femme de science, La Découverte, 1985, reprinted 2002. Muse de la raison, démocratie et exclusion des femmes en France, Alinea 1989, Folio-Gallimard 1995. La Raison des femmes, Plon, 1992. La Différence des sexes, PUF, 1996. Les Femmes et leur histoire, Folio Gallimard, 1998. La Controverse des sexes, PUF, 2001. Les Deux gouvernements : la famille et la Cité, Folio Gallimard, 2000. Le Mélange des sexes, Gallimard jeunesse, 2006. Du consentement, Seuil, 2007. Le Privilège de Simone de Beauvoir, Actes Sud, 2008. L’Europe des idées followed by Touriste en Démocratie. Chronique d'une Élue du Parlement Européen 1999-2004, (with Christine Guedj), L’Harmattan/France culture, 2008, 353pp. Service ou servitude, Le Bord de l'eau, 2009. A côté du genre. Sexe et philosophie de l'égalité, Le Bord de l'eau, 2010.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
philosopher.
She was born within Murs blancs ( "White walls"), a community founded by Emmanuel Mounier
Emmanuel Mounier
Emmanuel Mounier was a French philosopher.Mounier was the guiding spirit in the French Personalist movement, and founder and director of Esprit, the magazine which was the organ of the movement. Mounier, who was the child of peasants, was a brilliant scholar at the Sorbonne...
at Châtenay-Malabry
Châtenay-Malabry
Châtenay-Malabry is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.8 km from the center of Paris.The commune includes the valley la vallée aux loups with green forests and pretty houses including the estate of French writer Chateaubriand. It also includes the Butte...
. Her parents, Paul Fraisse (an author of books of experimental psychology) and Simone Fraisse (an author of books on Charles Péguy
Charles Péguy
Charles Péguy was a noted French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism, but by 1908 at the latest, after years of uneasy agnosticism, he had become a devout but non-practicing Roman Catholic.From that time, Catholicism strongly influenced his...
, Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan was a French expert of Middle East ancient languages and civilizations, philosopher and writer, devoted to his native province of Brittany...
, and Simone Weil
Simone Weil
Simone Weil , was a French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist.-Biography:Weil was born in Paris to Alsatian agnostic Jewish parents who fled the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. She grew up in comfortable circumstances, and her father was a doctor. Her only sibling was...
), were both professors at the Sorbonne. After May 1968, she helped Jacques Rancière create the journal Les Révoltes logiques ( "Logical revolts"). Author of numerous books, her work focuses on the history of the battle of the sexes
Battle of the sexes
-Films:*The Battle of the Sexes , American film directed by D. W. Griffith*The Battle of the Sexes , American remake of the above, also directed by D. W. Griffith...
from an epistemological and political viewpoint.
Her research led her to postulate concepts on the "domestic", "exclusive democracy," "women of reason", the "two governments", the "mixing of the sexes" and, more recently, "consent". The complexity of the debate on gender led her to work closely with the historians, particularly on the synthesis of the history of women in the West. Seen as a leader of contemporary thought, her idea of gender equality lies between theory and practice.
Geneviève Fraisse has been an interministerial delegate on women's rights from 1997 to 1998 and a Member of European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, as an independent member of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left. She took the initiative of two parliamentary agendas, one on the performing arts, the other on women and sport. Since 2004, Geneviève Fraisse has also been a producer at France Culture (Europe ideas).
Geneviève Fraisse joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1983. She helped create the International College of Philosophy (1984). She was Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study
Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is an independent postgraduate center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It was founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner...
in 1990. A doctor, she has been director of research at CNRS since 1997 and visiting professor at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
(USA, 2000-2002). She was also president of the Scientific Committee of the Institut Emilie du Châtelet from 2006 to 2010.
Works
Femmes toutes mains, essai sur le service domestique, Seuil, 1979. Clémence RoyerClémence Royer
Clémence Royer was a self-taught French scholar who lectured and wrote on economics, philosophy, science and feminism...
, philosophe et femme de science, La Découverte, 1985, reprinted 2002. Muse de la raison, démocratie et exclusion des femmes en France, Alinea 1989, Folio-Gallimard 1995. La Raison des femmes, Plon, 1992. La Différence des sexes, PUF, 1996. Les Femmes et leur histoire, Folio Gallimard, 1998. La Controverse des sexes, PUF, 2001. Les Deux gouvernements : la famille et la Cité, Folio Gallimard, 2000. Le Mélange des sexes, Gallimard jeunesse, 2006. Du consentement, Seuil, 2007. Le Privilège de Simone de Beauvoir, Actes Sud, 2008. L’Europe des idées followed by Touriste en Démocratie. Chronique d'une Élue du Parlement Européen 1999-2004, (with Christine Guedj), L’Harmattan/France culture, 2008, 353pp. Service ou servitude, Le Bord de l'eau, 2009. A côté du genre. Sexe et philosophie de l'égalité, Le Bord de l'eau, 2010.
Collaborative works
- Histoire des femmes en Occident, volume IV : The nineteenth century collection edited by Georges Duby and Michelle Perrot, Plon, 1991, pocket edition, 2002.
- Deux femmes au royaume des hommes, with Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin and Ghislaine Ottenheimer, Hachette Littérature, 1999.
- « À côté du genre », Masculin-Féminin, La Découverte, 2004.
Editor
- Opinions de femmes, de la veille au lendemain de la Révolution Française (M.-A. Gacon-Dufour, O. de Gouges, C. de Salm, A. Clément-Hémery, F. Raoul), editor, Côté-Femmes, 1989.