Elsa Dorlin
French philosopher
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Elsa Dorlin (born 1973 or 1974 (age 51–52))[1] is a French philosopher and professor in the department of political science at University of Paris 8 Vincennes/St. Dénis.[2]
Career
Dorlin earned her PhD in philosophy in 2004 at University of Paris 4 – Sorbonne.[3] Her dissertation, "Au chevet de la Nation : sexe, race et médecine : XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles" (transl. "At the Nation's bedside: sex, race and medicine in the 17th to 18th centuries") was supervised by Pierre-François Moreau.[3]
In 2005 Dorlin became an assistant professor (maîtresse de conférences) in the history of philosophy, history of sciences in the philosophy department of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.[4] In 2009, the French National Center for Scientific Research (CRNS) awarded Dorlin the bronze medal for her work on feminist theory and philosophy of gender.[5][1] In 2011 she was elected full professor and joined the political science department of Paris 8.
Dorlin's 2017 book Se défendre : une philosophie de la violence (transl. Self-defense: A philosophy of violence) won the Frantz Fanon Book Prize from the Caribbean Philosophical Association in 2018.[5] Verso Books is publishing an English edition.[5]
Works
- Se défendre : une philosophie de la violence, Paris, La Découverte, 2017, 252 pages[6][7][8][9][10][11]
- Sexe, genre et sexualités: introduction à la théorie féministe. Philosophies. Paris: PUF. 2008. p. 153.[12]
- La matrice de la race : généalogie sexuelle et coloniale de la nation française, Paris, La Découverte, coll. "Textes à l'appui / Genre et sexualité", 2006, 308 p.[13][14][15][16]
- L'évidence de l'égalité des sexes : une philosophie oubliée au 17e siècle, Paris, L'Harmattan, 160 p., coll. "Bibliothèque du féminisme", 2001.