Propose une relecture de L'anti-Oedipe, capitalisme et schizophrénie, ainsi que de Présentation de Sacher Masoch, afin de montrer comment le philosophe travaille en réalité avec et contre Freud, interrogeant la théorie et la pratique de la psychanalyse, et créant un lien entre elle et la philosophie.
Monique David-Ménard has a double career, as a professor of philosophy and a practicing psychoanalyst. As the Director of the Centre d’études du vivant (2005-2011), she established the field of research “Gender and Sexualities” at the University Paris-Diderot/Paris 7. She has been invited to teach at a wide variety of universities wordwide: Ruhr University Bochum, Diego Portalès, Santiago de Chile, Universitad de Chile, Universitad de Sao Paulo, UNAM, Mexico, as well as Columbia University.
As a psychoanalyst, she has been a member of the Société de Psychanalyse Freudienne since its foundation in 1994. She is also a co-founder of the ISPP (International Society for Psychoanalysis and Philosophy) and a member of the International Network of Women Philosophers (UNESCO).