[DOWNLOAD] "Beauvoir and The Second Sex" by Margaret A. Simons ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Beauvoir and The Second Sex
- Author : Margaret A. Simons
- Release Date : January 07, 2001
- Genre: Philosophy,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1976 KB
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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 hand-written 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.