Fabienne Brugère (born in 1964,

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) is a French philosopher specializing in aesthetics and philosophy of art, history of

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(18th century),

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and

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, Anglo-American philosophy studies and

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. She was a professor at the

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and vice-president for international relations at this university. She joined the

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since September 2014, as chair of "philosophy of modern and contemporary arts". She has been president of the Paris Lumières University Group since November 2019, after having chaired the academic council of this institution.

Education

Brugère was admitted to the

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in 1987. She obtained the

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in philosophy in 1991 after a year spent at the

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(Department of Humanities). In 1996, she defended her thesis entitled (Theory of Art and Philosophy of Sociability according to Shaftesbury), at

Paris Nanterre University Paris Nanterre University (), formerly University of Paris West, Paris-X and commonly referred to as Nanterre, is a public research university based in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France, in the Paris metropolitan area. It is one of the most pres ...

with Geneviève Brykman, her thesis director, Didier Deleule, Jean-Paul Larthomas, Michel Malherbe, and Pierre-François Moreau.

Career

She taught philosophy as a lecturer at the University of Paris X-Nanterre (1992–1995), as a Attaché Temporaire d'Enseignement et de Recherche (ATER) at the

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and

University of Nantes Nantes University () is a public university located in the city of Nantes, France. In addition to the several campuses scattered in the city of Nantes, there are two satellite campuses located in Saint-Nazaire and La Roche-sur-Yon. The university ...

(1995–1997), and as a lecturer at the

University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès ( , formerly known as ''Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail'' , also called Toulouse II or UT2J) is a French public university located in Toulouse, France. It is one of the 3 successor universities of the Univers ...

. She was elected professor at the

with a title "Philosophy of English language" after a habilitation to direct research defended at Paris Nanterre University in November 2003 on the theme "Empiricism and its aesthetic operations". She left

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for the

in September 2014. Brugère is a visiting professor at the

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, University of Québec, and

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. She was president of the Sustainable Development Council of Bordeaux between June 2008 and June 2013. In 2014, she was on the list of the socialist candidate Vincent Feltesse for the municipal elections in Bordeaux. She is also the co-president of "Périféeries 2028", which seeks to make Saint-Denis, Plaine Commune, and Seine-Saint-Denis the European Capital of Culture, 2028. She directs the collections "Lignes d'art" and "Care studies" at

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(PUF),

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and "Diagnostics" at Editions du Bord de l'eau, Bordeaux/

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Awards and honours

* Knight,

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, April 2015

Selected works

Books

* ''Théorie de l'art et philosophie de la sociabilité selon Shaftesbury'', éditions Honoré Champion, coll. « Les Dix-huitièmes siècles », 1999 * ''Le goût : art, passions et société'', PUF, coll. « philosophies », 2000 * ''L'expérience de la beauté'', Vrin, 2006 * ''C’est trop beau'', Giboulées Gallimard Jeunesse, March 2008, translated into Korean and Spanish * ''Questions de respect : Enquête sur les figures contemporaines du respect'' with Maryvonne Charmillot and Raphaël Gély, Université de Bruxelles, coll. « Philosophie et société » * ''Le sexe de la sollicitude'', octobre 2008, éditions du Seuil (republished by Le Bord de l'eau), 2013 * ''Philosophie de l'art'' with Julia Peker, September 2010, Presses Universitaires de France - PUF, coll. «Licence Philo» * ''L'éthique du « care »'', Presses Universitaires de France - PUF, coll. « Que sais-je? », February 2011, reissued twice, * ''Le nouvel esprit du libéralisme '' with Guillaume le Blanc, éditions Le Bord de l'eau, coll. « Diagnostics », November 2011, * ''Faut-il se révolter'', Bayard Jeunesse, coll. « Le temps d'une question », March 2012 * ''Dictionnaire politique à l'usage des gouvernés'' with and under the direction of Guillaume le Blanc, Groupe Bayard, Bayard Jeunesse, coll. « Essais », March 2012 . * ''La politique de l'individu'', La République des Idées/Seuil, 2013 * ''La fin de l'hospitalité'', with Guillaume le Blanc, Flammarion, 2017 * ''On ne naît pas femme, on le devient'', Stock, 2019

References

External links

Fabienne Brugère
at PUF {{DEFAULTSORT:Brugere, Fabienne 1964 births Living people 21st-century French philosophers Academic staff of Bordeaux Montaigne University Academic staff of Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis Knights of the Legion of Honour French women philosophers Alumni of Imperial College London Academic staff of Nantes University ENS Fontenay-Saint-Cloud-Lyon alumni