Beauvoir and The Second Sex: Feminism, Race, and the Origins of Existentialism
by Margaret A. Simons
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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 show more with the theoretical model of oppression that she used in The Second Sex; shows the influence of The Secon show lessTags
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Margaret A. Simons teaches in the Department of Philosophical Studies at Souther Illinois University at Edwardsville
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- People/Characters
- Simone de Beauvoir
- Original language
- English
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- Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Philosophy, General Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 305.42 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Women Social role and status of women
- LCC
- HQ1208 .S532 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Women. Feminism
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