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

by Margaret A. Simons

Book Overview

In a compelling chronicle of her search to understand Beauvoir's philosophy in The Second Sex, Margaret A. Simons offers a unique perspective on BeauvoirOs wide-ranging contribution to twentieth-century thought. She details the discovery of the origins of Beauvoir's existential philosophy in her handwritten diary from 1927; uncovers evidence of the sexist exclusion of Beauvoir from the philosophical canon; reveals evidence that the African-American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742512460
• ISBN13: 9780742512467
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.6"