The work of Michèle Le Doeuff creatively disrupts established notions of what philosophy might be. Far from being a discipline about the leader and the disciple, a hierarchy of knowledge and paternalism, Le Doeuff proposes a philosophy of dialogue and friendship. The conversations in this book explore how this philosophy can be enacted and explored, and show how openness and generosity can be the starting point of truly rigorous thinking. Introduced and curated by the late philosopher, Pamela Sue Anderson, In Dialogue with Michèle Le Doeuff explores themes like contemporary feminism, joy in philosophy, memory, the significance of friendship to thinking and a key Le Doeuffian concept, the imaginary. Le Doeuff's interlocutors, including Penelope Deutscher, Elizabeth Fallaize and Meenda Dhanda, are some of the most significant thinkers in the fields of feminism and continental thought and provide insights and ways into considering philosophy as a profoundly dialogical exercise.

AcknowledgementsPreface by Kate KirkpatrickIntroduction by Pamela Sue Anderson1. 'On Feminist Discourse', Tetsuji Yamamoto in dialogue with Michèle Le Doeuff2. 'On The Second Sex', Catherine Rodgers in dialogue with Michèle Le Doeuff3. 'On Style and Experience', Ulrika Bjork in dialogue with Michèle Le Doeuff 4. 'On a Twentieth-century French Woman Philosopher', Penelope Deutscher in dialogue with Michèle Le Doeuff5. 'Bringing us into Twenty-First Century Feminism with Joy and Wit', Pamela Sue Anderson and Meena Dhanda with Michèle Le Doeuff6. Women in dialogue and in solitude7. 'A Bonny Dialogue - for French Studies', Elizabeth Fallaize in dialogue with Michèle Le Doeuff 8. 'A Jolly Panel Discussion in Nottingham', Pamela Sue Anderson, Suzanne Dow, Alison Martin and Mark Robson in dialogue with Michèle Le Doeuff9. 'On the Sex of Philosophy', Aliocha Wald Lasowski in dialogue with Michèle Le Doeuff10. 'Highly Singular Memories of '68, etc.', Michèle Le Doeuff 'in dialogue' with her past11. 'Occasionally the Unforeseen Happens' by Michèle Le Doeuff 12. 'In Joyful Dialogue with Spinoza and Others: Le Doeuff, Deleuze and the Ethics' by Pamela Sue Anderson 13. 'Towards A New Philosophical Imaginary' by Michèle Le Doeuff