Simone de Beauvoir
A Critical Introduction
Key Contemporary Thinkers
1. Auflage Dezember 1997
192 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to Simone
de Beauvoir's philosophical thought. Beauvoir has long been
recognized as the twentieth century's leading feminist writer, but
the full extent of her significance as a philosopher is just coming
into focus. This study examines the history of Beauvoir's
development into one of the most original and influential thinkers
of her era.
The Fullbrooks begin with an account of Beauvoir's formation as
a philosopher. They then explore her early writing on philosophical
method and the ways this shaped her fiction. The book traces the
development of Beauvoir's central theories of embodied
consciousness and intersubjectivity, and examines her concepts of
the "individual" and the "social other". An analysis of Beauvoir's
ethics of liberation leads to philosophical readings of her great
works of applied ethics, The Second Sex and Old Age.
Finally, Beauvoir's contribution to continuing debates about
consciousness, the body, the self and the other is reassessed.
The publication of this introduction to Beauvoir's philosophy is
an important contribution to the current renaissance of Beauvoir
studies. Clear, accessible and lively, this book is essential
reading not only for students of Beauvoir but for anyone interested
in the submerged record of women's impact on philosophy.
1. The Education of a Philosopher.
2. Writing for her Life.
3. Literature and Philosophy.
4. Narrative Selves.
5. Embodiment and Intersubjectivity.
6. The Ethics of Liberation.
7. Applied Ethics I: The Second Sex.
8. Applied Ethics II: Les Belles Images, The Woman Destroyed,
and Old Age.
Notes.
Glossary.
The Works of Simone de Beauvoir.
Index.
the growing scholarly interest in Simone de Beauvoir's philosophy.
Kate and Edward Fullbrook provide an overview of Beauvoir's
philosophical sources and an outline of her original starting point
in ethics. Highlighting Beauvoir's emphasis on embodiment and
intersubjectivity, they argue strongly for Beauvoir's place in
current, popular ethical discussions." Eleanore Holveck,
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
"This is certainly a book that needed to be written and the authors
make an excellent job of it. The book can be highly recommended."
Dr Elizabeth Fallaize, St. John's College, Oxford
"A good working introduction to de Beauvoir's thought." Times
Literary Supplement
"A concise and unified picture of Beauvoir as philosopher."
Women's Philosophy Review
Kate Fullbrook is Professor of Literary Studies at the
University of the West of England, Bristol. They are authors of
Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre: The Remaking of a
Twentieth-Century Legend and many essays on Simone de
Beauvoir.
