Versions of Difference

Abstract Sylviane Agacinski is a professor of philosophy at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris, where she is responsible for research seminars in the social sciences. From 1986 to 1992 she was Director of the College International de Philosophie, in Paris. She has written extensively on philosophy and politics, as well as other topics, including architecture. She is also active in the French political scene, including in the Feminist Parity Movement and in the debates surrounding the right of same-sex parents to adopt children. Intellectually engaged in current affairs generally, Agacinski writes regularly for several newspapers. Her husband, Lionel Jospin (Socialist Party), was the current Prime Minister of France.