Antoinette Fouque cofounded the Mouvement de Lib?ration des
Femmes (MLF) in France in 1968 and spearheaded its celebrated
"Psychanalyse et Politique," a research group that informed the
cultural and intellectual heart of French feminism. Rather than
reject Freud's discoveries on the pretext of their phallocentrism,
Fouque sought to enrich his thought by more clearly defining the
difference between the sexes and affirming the existence of a
female libido.
By recognizing women's contribution to humanity, Fouque hoped
"uterus envy," which she saw as the mainspring of misogyny, could
finally give way to gratitude, and by associating procreation with
women's liberation, she advanced the goal of a parity-based society
in which men and women could write a new human contract. The
essays, lectures, and dialogues in this volume finally allow
English-speaking readers access to the breadth of Fouque's
creativity and activism. Touching on issues in history and
biography, politics and psychoanalysis, Fouque recounts her
experiences running the first women's publishing house in Europe;
supporting women under threat, such as Aung San Suu Ki, Taslima
Nasrin, and Nawal El Saadaoui; and serving as deputy in the
European Parliament. Her theoretical explorations discuss the
ongoing development of "feminology," a field she initiated, and
while she celebrates the progress women have made over the past
four decades, she also warns against the trends of
counter-liberation: the feminization of poverty, the persistence of
sexual violence, and the rise of religious fundamentalism.
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