Simone de Beauvoir was a philosopher and writer of notable
range and influence whose work is central to feminist theory,
French existentialism, and contemporary moral and social
philosophy. The essays in this volume examine all the major aspects
of her thought, including her views on issues such as the role of
biology, sexuality and sexual difference, and evil, the influence
on her work of Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Husserl, and
others, and the philosophical significance of her memoirs and
fiction. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most
convenient and accessible guide to Beauvoir currently available.
Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent
developments in the interpretation of Beauvoir.
目錄:
List of tables
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgments
Chronology
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Beauvoir''s place in philosophical thought
2. Reading Simone de Beauvoir with Martin Heidegger
3. The body as instrument and as expression
4. Beauvoir and Merleau-Ponty on ambiguity
5. Bergson''s influence on Beauvoir''s philosophical
methodology
6. Philosophy in Beauvoir''s fiction
7. Complicity and slavery in The Second Sex
8. Beauvoir on Sade: making sexuality into an ethic
9. Beauvoir and feminism: interview and reflections
10. Life-story in Beauvoir''s memoirs
11. Beauvoir on the ambiguity of evil
12. Recounting the sexual difference
13. Beauvoir and biology: a second look
14. Beauvoir''s old age
Bibliography
Index