This course is conceived as a general introduction to feminist theories. It aims first to present a brief history of feminism, while questioning the meaning of the word "feminism".
Since the unity of feminism is questionable, to say the least, the course favors a pluralist approach, insisting on the differences and antagonisms, both philosophical and political, of the currents that have since emerged, in particular between French materialist feminism and queer theory.
The object of the course is the questioning of a certain number of common concepts. Man, woman, love, mother and motherhood, body, for example: these important and socially structuring concepts have an obvious meaning that feminisms have radically transformed, each in their own way.
A second object is the invention of feminist concepts, which respond to the political and theoretical need to fight for emancipation: patriarchy, gender relations, heteronormativity, domestic work, political lesbianism, gender abolition…