The Second Sex (Everyman Classic Library) [Hardcover] de Beauvoir Simone

THE SECOND SEX is a hymn to human freedom and a classic of the existentialist movement.In the forty years since its publication De Beauvoir's then revolutionary thesis - that the subordination of women is not a fact of nature but the product of social conditioning has become part of our everyday thinking.|Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agrégation in philosophy at the Sorbonne placing second to Jean-Paul SartreShe taught at the lycées at Marseille and Rouen from 1931-1937 and in Paris from 1938-1943After the war she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement working with Sartre on Les Temps MordernesThe author of several books including The Mandarins (1957) which was awarded the Prix Goncourt de Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generationShe died in 1986.|THE SECOND SEX is a hymn to human freedom and a classic of the existentialist movementIt also has claims to be the most important s ingle book in the history of feminismIn the forty years since its publication De Beauvoir's then revolutionary thesis - that the subordination of women is not a fact of nature but the product of social conditioning has become part of our everyday thinking.|THE SECOND SEX is a hymn to human freedom and a classic of the existentialist movement. In the forty years since its publication De Beauvoir's then revolutionary thesis - that the subordination of women is not a fact of nature but the product of s...|Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agrégation in philosophy at the Sorbonne placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at the lycées at Marseille and Rouen from 1931-1937 and in Paris from 1938-1943. After the war she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement working with Sartre on Les Temps Mordernes. The author of several books including The Mandarins (1957) which was awarded the Prix Goncourt de Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986.|Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agrégation in philosophy at the Sorbonne placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at the lycées at Marseille and Rouen from 1931-1937 and in Paris from 1938-1943. After the war she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement working with Sartre on Les Temps Mordernes. The author of several books including The Mandarins (1957) which was awarded the Prix Goncourt de Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986.|THE SECOND SEX is a hymn to human freedom and a classic of the existentialist movement. In the forty years since its publication De Beauvoir's then revolutionary thesis - that the subordination of women is not a fact of nature but the product of social conditioning has become part of our everyday thinking.