Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy of Age: Gender, Ethics, and Time

Book Overview

Age and aging are pressing social-political issues. Yet, philosophers still have not paid sufficient attention to one of the major explorations of this topic, Simone de Beauvoir's seminal work The Coming of Age (1970). For much too long, it has been overshadowed by her other groundbreaking work, The Second Sex (1949). Now, for the first time, this volume focuses on Beauvoir's essay on old age and critically explores its significance from a phenomenological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110481723
• ISBN13: 9783110481723
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"