by Françoise Héritier · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782227481435
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«La différence des sexes explique-t-elle leur inégalité?» is the essay by Françoise Héritier, published by Bayard in 2010 (98 pages, in French).
Starting from the visible difference between bodies, Françoise Héritier asks why almost all societies have established male domination and whether that biological difference explains inequality between the sexes or serves to legitimize discrimination against women.
The book belongs to the collection Les petites conférences. In the Library of Congress catalogue it is classified as HQ1075, on sex role, discrimination against women and equality.
Suitable reading for those interested in philosophy and gender issues addressed in a brief lecture format.
Françoise Héritier was a French anthropologist, ethnologist, and feminist. She was the successor to Claude Lévi-Strauss to hold the chair of anthropology at the Collège de France, and held the inaugural chair of Comparative Study of African Societies from 1983. Her work dealt mainly with the theory of alliances and on the prohibition of incest, both theories based on the notion of exchange of women. In addition to Lévi-Strauss, she was also influenced by Alfred Radcliffe-Brown.
