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Feminism Is Back in France—Or Is It?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Michéle Le Dœuff  and
Penelope Deutscher
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Abstract

Michèle Le Dœuff discusses the revival of feminism in France, including the phenomenon of state-sponsored feminism, such as government support for “parity”: equal numbers of women and men in government. Le Dœuff analyzes the strategically patchy application of this revival and remains wary about it. Turning to the work of seventeenth-century philosopher Gabrielle Suchon, Le Dœuff considers her concepts of freedom, servitude, and active citizenship, which may well, she argues, have influenced Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Le Dœuff favorably juxtaposes the active citizenship defended by Suchon with the kind of citizenship implicitly supported by recent French government feminism.

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Research Article
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Hypatia , Volume 15 , Issue 4: Special Issue: Contemporary French Women Philosophers , Fall 2000 , pp. 243 - 255
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Copyright © 2000 by Hypatia, Inc.

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