Existentialism, Feminism and Simone de Beauvoir

by Joseph Mahon

Simone de Beauvoir made her own distinctive contribution to existentialism in the form of an ethics which diverged sharply from that of Jean-Paul Sartre. In her novels and philosophical essays of the 1940s she produced not just a recognizably existentialist ethics, but also a character ethics and an ethics for violence. These concerns, stemming from her own personal philosophical background, give a vital, contemporary resonance to her work. De Beauvoir's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312176066
• ISBN13: 9780312176068
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.8"