Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography

by Jo-Ann Pilardi

Book Overview

The development of Simone de Beauvoir's notion of self in both her philosophical and autobiographical writings is analyzed in this volume. Two ideas of the self are isolated: the existential notion of the self and the gendered self, which she developed in The Second Sex, and which represents a major departure from existential philosophy. Beginning with a study of her early essays, the author proceeds to discuss Beauvoir's major philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275963349
• ISBN13: 9780275963347
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"