Geneviève Fraisse is a philosopher,
historian of feminist thought, and Director
Emeritus of research at CNRS.
She co-founded the journal Les Révoltes
Logiques in 1975 with Jacques Rancière.
She has co-directed l’Histoire des femmes
en Occident (volume 4-XIX century),
directed by Michelle Perrot and Georges
Duby, 1991.
Her research focuses on the history of
the controversy of the sexes from an
epistemological and political point of view.
She is the author of numerous books,
including: Muse de la raison, démocratie
exclusive et différence des sexes (1989),
Les femmes et leur histoire (1998), Du
consentement (2007), A côté du genre,
sexe et philosophie de l’égalité (2010), Les
Excès du genre, concept, image, nudité,
(2014), La Sexuation du monde, Réflexions
sur l’émancipation, (2016).
