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Sandrine Bergès

Professor in Philosophy, Bilkent University

Sandrine Bergès is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. Her books include Sophie de Grouchy’s Letters on Sympathy (2019) and Liberty in Their Names: The Women Philosophers of the French Revolution (2022).

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Painting of a royal figure in elaborate attire with a sceptre, crown, and ornate background featuring a pillar and grand drapery.

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Thinkers and theories

Against power

As a republican, Sophie de Grouchy argued that sympathy, not domination, must be the glue that holds society together

Sandrine Bergès & Eric Schliesser

An engraving depicting the execution of Madame Roland during the French Revolution, with a guillotine and a gathering crowd.

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Thinkers and theories

Vive Madame Roland!

She was a French revolutionary and a politician’s wife. But Manon Roland should be remembered for her philosophical writings

Sandrine Bergès