Beauvoir and the Second Sex: Feminism, Race, and the Origins of Existentialism

by Margaret A. Simons

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This text attempts to understand Beauvoir's philosophy in The Second Sex. It details the discovery of the origins of Beauvoir's existentialist philosophy in her handwritten diary from 1927 and uncovers evidence of the sexist exclusion of Beauvoir from the philosophical canon. The book also reveals evidence that the African-American writer Richard Wright provided Beauvoir with the theoretical model of oppression that she used in The Second Sex. It explores the influence of The Second Sex in transforming Sartre's philosophy and in laying the theoretical fondations of radical feminism.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0847692566

ISBN13:9780847692569

Release Date:December 2000

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory Existentialism Feminist Theory History History & Criticism Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences

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