The Routledge Guidebook to de Beauvoir's the Second Sex

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-415-78205-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm

Reihe: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books

Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex is the most important work of feminist philosophy ever published and one of the great texts of the Twentieth century. Renowned for introducing the theory of woman as the ‘Other’ it is a widely-studied text that continues to exert profound influence on feminist thought.
The RoutledgeGuidebook to De Beauvoir and The Second Sex introduces and assesses:

De Beauvoir’s life and the background of The Second Sex
The ideas and arguments of The Second Sex
De Beauvoir’s continuing importance to feminist theory and philosophy

This bookis essential reading for all students of feminism, gender studies, philosophy, and literary studies and ideal for anyone reading de Beauvoir’s classic work for the first time.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bauer, Nancy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Unlikely Feminist Avatar Beauvoir’s life and times; how Beauvoir came to write The Second Sex 2. "I am a Woman" "Introduction": Descartes, Modern Philosophy, and Skepticism 3. Freud, Marx, and the Second Sex "The Psychoanalytic Point of View" and "The Point of View of Historical Materialism": Freud, Marx, and Engels
4. Masters and Slaves The "History" chapters: Hegel on mutual recognition, Sartre on "The Look" 5: "One Is Not Born a Woman" "The Data of Biology," "The Formative Years" chapters: Essentialism vs. Anti-Essentialism in feminist philosophy 6. The Allure of Self-Objectification "The Lesbian," "The Married Woman," "The Mother," "The Narcissist," "The Woman in Love" Conclusion: The Legacy of The Second Sex
Equality vs. Difference Feminism, The Sex/Gender Distinction, Postmodernism, the "Third Wave" Appendix: Translation Issues

Über Autor(innen)

Nancy Bauer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Harvard.Her writing explores gender and philosophy, the history of philosophy, and philosophy and film. Her book on Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex was originally published in 2001, and she has written a number of other publications including How to Do Things With Pornography and The Second Feminism.