Élisabeth Badinter (née Bleustein-Blanchet; 5 March 1944) is a French philosopher, author and historian. She is best known for her philosophical treatises on feminism and women's role in society. She ...

In The Conflict, a provocative new book that was a best seller in Europe and is predictably making waves in the U.S., leading French intellectual Elisabeth Badinter argues that women have become newly ...

French feminist philosopher Elisabeth Badinter has written a book calling children unintentional "tyrant[s]": motherhood, she argues--particularly the quest for perfect motherhood with its handmade ...