Status
Available
Publication
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (2000), Edition: 1st, 288 pages
Description
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 Secon
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
288 p.; 6.08 inches
ISBN
0847692566 / 9780847692569