Michèle Le Dœuff is a Director of Research in Philosophy at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, France, and has been Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

"The Philosophical Imaginary teaches us how to read philosophy afresh. Focusing on central, but often undiscussed, images, Le Doeuff's patient, perspicacious, and always brilliant readings show us how to uncover the political unconscious at work in great philosophy. Le Doeuff's contribution to philosophy and feminism is unequalled. This book is a classic."--Toril Moi

• Preface: The Shameful face of Philosophy; Daydream in Utopia; Galileo or the Supreme Affinity of Time and Movement; The Polysemy of Atopian Discourse; Red Ink in the Margin; Long Hair, Short Ideas; Philosophy in the Larynx; Pierre Roussel's Chiasmas.