Feminist Interpretations of Simone de Beauvoir
Title | Feminist Interpretations of Simone de Beauvoir PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret A. Simons |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Total Pages | 340 |
Release | 2010-11-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0271041757 |
Le Deuxième Sexe
Title | Le Deuxième Sexe PDF eBook |
Author | Simone de Beauvoir |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 791 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0679724516 |
The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.
The Woman Destroyed
Title | The Woman Destroyed PDF eBook |
Author | Simone De Beauvoir |
Publisher | Pantheon |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 2013-01-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307832171 |
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
Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, & Feminism
Title | Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, & Feminism PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Bauer |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | 322 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780231116657 |
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.
An Analysis of Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex
Title | An Analysis of Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex PDF eBook |
Author | Rachele Dini |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Total Pages | 112 |
Release | 2017-07-05 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1351351613 |
Simone de Beauvoir’s 1949 book The Second Sex is a masterpiece of feminist criticism and philosophy. An incendiary take on the place of women in post-war French society, it helped define major trends in feminist thought for the rest of the 20th century, and its influence is still felt today. The book’s success owes much to Beauvoir’s brilliant writing style and passion, but both are rooted in the clarity of her critical thinking skills. She builds a strong argument against the silent assumptions that continually demoted (and still demote) women to “second place” in a society dominated by men. Beauvoir also demonstrates the central skills of reasoning at their best: presenting a persuasive case, organising her thoughts, and supporting her conclusions. Above all, though, The Second Sex is a masterclass in analysis. Treating the structures of contemporary society and culture as a series of arguments that tend continuously to demote women, Beauvoir is able to isolate and describe the implicit assumptions that underpin male domination. Her demolition of these assumptions provides the crucial ammunition for her argument that women are in no way the “second” sex, but are in every way the equal of men.
Feminist Interpretations of Jean-Paul Sartre
Title | Feminist Interpretations of Jean-Paul Sartre PDF eBook |
Author | Julien S. Murphy |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Total Pages | 364 |
Release | 2010-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780271043739 |
While Sartre was committed to liberation struggles around the globe, his writing never directly addressed the oppression of women. Yet there is compatibility between his central ideas & feminist beliefs. In this first feminist collection on Sartre, philosophers reassess the merits of Sartre's radical philosophy of freedom for feminist theory. Contributors are Hazel E. Barnes, Linda A. Bell, Stuart Z. Charme, Peter Diers, Kate & Edward Fullbrook, Karen Green, Sarah Lucia Hoagland, Sonia Kruks, Guillermine de Lacoste, Thomas Martin, Phyllis Sutton Morris, Constance Mui, & Iris Marion Young.
The Independent Woman
Title | The Independent Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Simone De Beauvoir |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2018-11-06 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0525563415 |
“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.