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How to Read Beauvoir
Stella Sandford
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Description for How to Read Beauvoir
Paperback. To what extent does our social existence determine who we are? What is the meaning of sexuality for human existence? This work explores the philosophical basis of Simone de Beauvoir's reflections on these and other questions, from her early moral period, through her post-war philosophical crisis, to the polymathic studies of her mature thought. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
'One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman' Simone de Beauvoir To what extent does our social existence determine who we are? What is the meaning of sexuality for human existence? What is the meaning of 'old age'? What is a woman? And what, for that matter, is a man? Stella Sandford explores the philosophical basis of Beauvoir's reflections on these and other questions, from her early moral period, through her post-war philosophical crisis, to the astounding polymathic studies of her mature thought. She demonstrates the persistence of the fundamental existential and ethical questions that drove Beauvoir's ... Read more
'One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman' Simone de Beauvoir To what extent does our social existence determine who we are? What is the meaning of sexuality for human existence? What is the meaning of 'old age'? What is a woman? And what, for that matter, is a man? Stella Sandford explores the philosophical basis of Beauvoir's reflections on these and other questions, from her early moral period, through her post-war philosophical crisis, to the astounding polymathic studies of her mature thought. She demonstrates the persistence of the fundamental existential and ethical questions that drove Beauvoir's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
How to Read
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781862078741
SKU
V9781862078741
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About Stella Sandford
Stella Sandford is Senior Lecturer in Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University and a member of the Radical Philosophy Editorial Collective. She is the author of The Metaphysics of Love: Gender and Transcendence in Levinas and a forthcoming book on Plato and sex.
Reviews for How to Read Beauvoir
Beauvoir, like Sartre, is a founder of existentialism- the most popular philosophy of the modern day Renewed interest in this 'personality' philosopher with the recent publication of Hazel Rowley's Tete-a-Tete: The Lives and Loves of Simone Le Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre (read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week) Adding to 10 other titles currently available in ... Read more