Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy of Individuation: The Problem of the Second Sex

by Laura Hengehold

Book Overview

Laura Hengehold presents a new, Deleuzian reading of Simone de Beauvoir's phenomenology, the place of recognition in The Second Sex, the philosophical issues in her novels and the important role of her student diaries.
Most studies of Simone de Beauvoir situate her with respect to Hegel and the tradition of 20th-century phenomenology begun by Husserl and Heidegger, and often stress the importance of Hegel's struggle for recognition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474444121
• ISBN13: 9781474444125
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"