Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir

<p>Since her death in 1986 and the publication of her letters and diaries in 1990 interest in the philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir has never been greater. In this engaging and timely volume Margaret A. Simons and an international group of philosophers present 16 essays that reveal Beauvoir as one of the century's most important and influential thinkers. As they set Beauvoir's work into dialogue with Husserl Merleau-Ponty Heidegger Foucault Levinas and others these essays consider questions such as Beauvoir's philosophical relationship with Sartre; her ethic of the erotic; her views on marriage motherhood and female friendship; and her interpretations of oppression and liberation. This book discusses the full range of Beauvoir's work including The Second Sex her unpublished diaries autobiographical writings novels and philosophical essays and broadens the scope and interpretive context of her unique philosophy.<br /><br />Contributors are Nancy Bauer Debra Bergoffen Suzanne Laba Cataldi Edward Fullbrook Eva Gothlin Sara Heinämaa Laura Hengehold Stacy Keltner Michèle Le Doeuff Ann Murphy Shannon M. Mussett Margaret A. Simons Ursula Tidd Andrea Veltman Karen Vintges Julie Ward Gail Weiss.</p>