Existentialism Feminism And Simone De Beauvoir

Author : J. Mahon
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
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Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780230376663

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Existentialism, Feminism and Simone de Beauvoir by J. Mahon Pdf

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.

Author : J. Mahon
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 241 pages
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Release : 1997-10-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0312176066

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Existentialism, Feminism and Simone de Beauvoir by J. Mahon Pdf

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.

Author : Margaret A. Simons
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-02-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780742571273

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Beauvoir and The Second Sex by Margaret A. Simons Pdf

In a compelling chronicle of her search to understand Beauvoir's philosophy in The Second Sex, Margaret A. Simons offers a unique perspective on Beauvoir's wide-ranging contribution to twentieth-century thought. She details the discovery of the origins of Beauvoir's existential philosophy in her hand-written diary from 1927; uncovers evidence of the sexist exclusion of Beauvoir from the philosophical canon; reveals evidence that the African-American writer Richard Wright provided Beauvoir with the theoretical model of oppression that she used in The Second Sex; shows the influence of The Second Sex in transforming Sartre's philosophy and in laying the theoretical foundations of radical feminism; and addresses feminist issues of racism, motherhood, and lesbian identity.

Author : Simone de Beauvoir
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 791 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780679724513

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Le Deuxième Sexe by Simone de Beauvoir Pdf

The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.

Author : Margaret A. Simons
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780271041759

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Feminist Interpretations of Simone de Beauvoir by Margaret A. Simons Pdf

Author : Nancy Bauer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001-07-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231529174

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Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, and Feminism by Nancy Bauer Pdf

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. This book is a call for philosophers as well as feminists to turn, or return to, The Second Sex. Bauer shows that Beauvoir's magnum opus, written a quarter-century before the development of contemporary feminist philosophy, constitutes a meditation on the relationship between women and philosophy that remains profoundly undervalued. She argues that the extraordinary effect The Second Sex has had on women's lives, then and now, can be traced to Beauvoir's discovery of a new way to philosophize—a way grounded in her identity as a woman. In offering a new interpretation of The Second Sex, Bauer shows how philosophy can be politically productive for women while remaining genuinely philosophical.

Author : Simone de Beauvoir
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141994772

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What Is Existentialism? by Simone de Beauvoir Pdf

'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity' How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century's great philosophers explore the absurdity of our notions of good and evil, and show instead how we make our own destiny simply by being. One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.

Author : Ursula Tidd
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781861897534

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Simone de Beauvoir by Ursula Tidd Pdf

Following its publication in 1949, The Second Sex quickly became one of the fundamental works of feminist thought. In it, Simone de Beauvoir (1908–86) offered up a statement that has informed nearly all feminist and gender scholarship that has followed, “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” And it is the woman Beauvoir became who continues to fascinate, fostering a legend of coffee-drinking Parisian intellectuals debating existentialism in smoky cafes along the Left Bank. Beauvoir lived through some of the most dramatic and significant events of the twentieth century, and a time of enormous change for women across the world. Her personal and intellectual companions were one and the same—and as a result, her intimate relationships with Jean-Paul Sartre and Nelson Algren provide a captivating context to the development of her ideas. In this concise and up-to-date critical appraisal of both the life and words of Beauvoir, Ursula Tidd illuminates the many facets of the feminist icon’s complex personality, including her relentless autobiographical drive, which led her to envision her life as a continuously unfolding narrative, her active involvement in twentieth-century political struggles, and how Beauvoir the woman has over the decades become Beauvoir the myth. 2008 marked the centenary of Beauvoir’s birth, yet her ideas continue to reverberate throughout contemporary scholarship. This critical biography will benefit any reader seeking insight into one of the most prominent and intriguing intellectuals of the twentieth century.

Author : Simone De Beauvoir
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307832177

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The Woman Destroyed by Simone De Beauvoir Pdf

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

Author : Wendy O'Brien,Lester Embree
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401597531

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The Existential Phenomenology of Simone de Beauvoir by Wendy O'Brien,Lester Embree Pdf

While earlier research considered Simone de Beauvoir in the perspectives of Existentialism or Feminism, this work is the first to emphasize her reflective and descriptive approach and the full range of issues she addresses. There are valuable chapters and sections that are historical and/or comparative, but most of the contents of this work critically examine Beauvoir's views on old age (whereon she is the first phenomenologist to work), biology, gender, ethics, ethnicity (where she is among the first), and politics (again among the first). Besides their systematic as well as historical significance, these chapters show her philosophy as on a par with those of Merleau-Ponty and Jean-Paul Sartre in quality, richness and distinctiveness of problematics, and the penetration of her insight into collective as well as individual human life within the socio-historical world.

Author : Lisa Greenwald
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496207555

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Daughters of 1968 by Lisa Greenwald Pdf

Daughters of 1968 is the story of French feminism between 1944 and 1981, when feminism played a central political role in the history of France. The key women during this epoch were often leftists committed to a materialist critique of society and were part of a postwar tradition that produced widespread social change, revamping the workplace and laws governing everything from abortion to marriage. The May 1968 events—with their embrace of radical individualism and antiauthoritarianism—triggered a break from the past, and the women’s movement split into two strands. One became universalist and intensely activist, the other particularist and less activist, distancing itself from contemporary feminism. This theoretical debate manifested itself in battles between women and organizations on the streets and in the courts. The history of French feminism is the history of women’s claims to individualism and citizenship that had been granted their male counterparts, at least in principle, in 1789. Yet French women have more often donned the mantle of particularism, advancing their contributions as mothers to prove their worth as citizens, than they have thrown it off, claiming absolute equality. The few exceptions, such as Simone de Beauvoir or the 1970s activists, illustrate the diversity and tensions within French feminism, as France moved from a corporatist and tradition-minded country to one marked by individualism and modernity.

Author : Simone De Beauvoir
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780525563402

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The Independent Woman by Simone De Beauvoir Pdf

“Like man, woman is a human being.” When The Second Sex was first published in Paris in 1949—groundbreaking, risqué, brilliantly written and strikingly modern—it provoked both outrage and inspiration. The Independent Woman contains three key chapters of Beauvoir’s masterwork, which illuminate the feminine condition and identify practical social reforms for gender equality. It captures the essence of the spirited manifesto that switched on light bulbs in the heads of a generation of women and continues to exert profound influence on feminists today.

Author : Eva Lundgren-Gothlin
Publisher : Athlone Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019127963

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Sex and Existence by Eva Lundgren-Gothlin Pdf

This work provides a full-scale analysis of the philosophical foundations and structure of The Second Sex. Lundgren-Gothlin reveals how Beauvoir developed her phenomenological philosophy by means of Hegelianism and Marxism.

Author : Nancy Bauer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 0231116640

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Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, & Feminism by Nancy Bauer Pdf

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.

Author : Lisa Appignanesi
Publisher : Haus Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781912208869

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Simone de Beauvoir by Lisa Appignanesi Pdf

Simone de Beauvoir was a member of the intellectual elite of philosopher-writers whose feminist ideas revolutionised conventional thinking. She is known primarily for her monumental work: The Second Sex, (1949) a scholarly and passionate seminal work, which became a classic of feminist literature but also for her partnership with the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, France's most celebrated and unconventional intellectual couplings.