The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir
by Claudia Card (Editor)
Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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Simone de Beauvoir was a philosopher and writer of notable range and influence whose work is central to feminist theory, French existentialism, and contemporary moral and social philosophy. The essays in this 2003 volume examine all the major aspects of her thought, including her views on issues such as the role of biology, sexuality and sexual difference, and evil, the influence on her work of Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Husserl, and others, and the philosophical significance of her show more memoirs and fiction. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Beauvoir currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Beauvoir. show lessTags
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Claudia Card is Emma Goldman Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of The Atrocity Paradigm: A Theory of Evil (2002), The Unnatural Lottery (1996), Lesbian Choices (1995), and more than 100 articles and reviews. She has edited several books, including The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir show more (Cambridge, 2003). show less
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- Philosophy, Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, General Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism
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- 194 — Philosophy & psychology Modern western philosophy Philosophy of France
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- B2430 .B344 .C36 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Philosophy (General) By period Modern By region or country
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