In a compelling chronicle of her search to understand Beauvoir's philosophy in The Second Sex, Margaret A. Simons offers a unique perspective on Beauvoir's wide-ranging contribution to twentieth-century thought. She details the discovery of the origins of Beauvoir's existential philosophy in her handwritten diary from 1927; uncovers evidence of the sexist exclusion of Beauvoir from the philosophical canon; reveals evidence that the African-American writer Richard Wright provided Beauvoir with the theoretical model of oppression that she used in The Second Sex; shows the influence of The Second Sex in transforming Sartre's philosophy and in laying the theoretical foundations of radical feminism; and addresses feminist issues of racism, motherhood, and lesbian identity.
Simons also draws on her experience as a Women's Liberation organizer as she witnessed how women used The Second Sex in defining the foundations of radical feminism. Bringing together her work as both activist and scholar, Simons offers a highly original contribution to the renaissance of Beauvoir scholarship.
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Beauvoir and The Second Sex
Feminism, Race, and the Origins of Existentialism
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Philosophy History & TheoryTable of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- IN MEMORIAM (1986)
- PREFACE
- 1 - BEAUVOIR INTERVIEW (1979)
- 2 - RACISM AND FEMINISM: A SCHISM IN THE SISTERHOOD (1979)
- 3 - BEAUVOIR AND SARTRE: THE QUESTION OF INFLUENCE (1981)
- 4 - BEAUVOIR INTERVIEW (1982)
- 5 - THE SILENCING OF SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR: GUESS WHAT’S MISSING FROM THE SECOND SEX (1983)
- 6 - MOTHERHOOD, FEMINISM, AND IDENTITY (1984)
- 7 - BEAUVOIR INTERVIEW (1985)
- 8 - SEXISM AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL CANON: ON READING BEAUVOIR’S THE SECOND SEX (1990)
- 9 - LESBIAN CONNECTIONS: SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR AND FEMINISM (1991)
- 10 - THE SECOND SEX AND THE ROOTS OF RADICAL FEMINISM (1995)
- 11 - RICHARD WRIGHT, SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, AND THE SECOND SEX (1997)
- 12 - BEAUVOIR’S EARLY PHILOSOPHY: THE 1927 DIARY (1998)
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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