Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, & Feminism

2001 Literary Criticism

Author : Nancy Bauer
Release : 2001
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 657/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, & Feminism written by Nancy Bauer. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the introduction to The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir notes that "a man never begins by establishing himself as an individual of a certain sex: his being a man poses no problem." Nancy Bauer begins her book by asking: "Then what kind of a problem does being a woman pose?" Bauer's aim is to show that in answering this question The Second Sex dramatizes the extent to which being a woman poses a philosophical problem. In exploring what it might mean to philosophize as a woman, Beauvoir produced a book that not only sparked the contemporary feminist movement but also, Bauer argues, made an important but still profoundly undervalued contribution to the philosophical tradition.

The Woman Destroyed

2013-01-09 Fiction

Author : Simone De Beauvoir
Release : 2013-01-09
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 171/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Woman Destroyed written by Simone De Beauvoir. This book was released on 2013-01-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most influential thinkers of her generation draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises in these three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (The Sunday Herald Times). Suffused with de Beauvoir’s remarkable insights into women, The Woman Destroyed gives us a legendary writer at her best. Includes "The Age of Discretion," "The Monologue," and "The Woman Destroyed." "Witty, immensely adroit...These three women are believable individuals presented with a wry mixture of sympathy and exasperation." —The Atlantic

Feminist Interpretations of Simone de Beauvoir

2010-11-01 Literary Criticism

Author : Margaret A. Simons
Release : 2010-11-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Existentialism, Feminism and Simone de Beauvoir

2015-12-17 Philosophy

Author : J. Mahon
Release : 2015-12-17
Genre : Philosophy
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Download or read book Existentialism, Feminism and Simone de Beauvoir written by J. Mahon. This book was released on 2015-12-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simone de Beauvoir made her own distinctive contribution to existentialism in the form of an ethics which diverged sharply from that of Jean-Paul Sartre. In her novels and philosophical essays of the 1940s she produced not just a recognizably existentialist ethics, but also a character ethics and an ethics for violence. These concerns, stemming from her own personal philosophical background, give a vital, contemporary resonance to her work. De Beauvoir's feminist classic The Second Sex reflects her earlier philosophical interests, and is considerably strengthened by this influence. This book defends her existentialist feminism against the many reproaches which have been levelled against it over several decades, not least the criticism that it is steeped in Sartrean masculinism.

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