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978-0-7425-1246-7 • Paperback • February 2001 • $48.00 • (£37.00)
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The author of numerous articles on Beauvoir, feminism, and philosophy, Margaret A. Simons is co-editor (with Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir) of a forthcoming series of English translations of all Beauvoir's philosophically significant texts. She teaches in the Department of Philosophical Studies at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
Chapter 1 In Memoriam (1986)
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 1 Beauvoir Interview (1979) Margaret A. Simons and Jessica Benjamin
Chapter 4 2 Racism and Feminism: A Schism in the Sisterhood (1979)
Chapter 5 3 Beauvoir and Sartre: The Question of Influence
Chapter 6 4 Beauvoir Interview (1982)
Chapter 7 5 The Silencing of Simone de Beauvior: Guess What's Missing from The Second Sex (1983)
Chapter 8 6 Motherhood, Feminism, and Identity (1984)
Chapter 9 7 Beauvior Interview (1985)
Chapter 10 8 Sexism and the Philosophical Canon: On Reading Beauvoir's The Second Sex (1990)
Chapter 11 9 Lesbian Connections: Beauvoir and Feminism (1991)
Chapter 12 10 The Second Sex and the Roots of Radical Feminisim (1995)
Chapter 13 11 Richard Wright, Simone de Beauvoir, and The Second Sex (1997)
Chapter 14 12 Beauvoir's Early Philosophy: The 1927 Diary (1998)
Chapter 15 References
Chapter 16 Index
Chapter 17 About the Author
The best cutting-edge introduction to Beauvoir studies today.....
— Carlin Romano
Simons opens a new chapter in Beauvoir scholarship; for her careful and considered readings of the newly discovered 1927 diary introduces us to the young Beauvoir taking up the project of becoming a philosopher and shows us that the roots of Beauvoir's distinct philosophical positions are laid in these early years....
— Debra B. Bergoffen
Beauvoir scholarship in the U.S. owes more to Peg Simons than to any other individual scholar. Her work remains at the leading edge of the recent 'recovery' of Beauvoir by providing new texts and contexts for understanding the emergence of her philosophy.This collection of essays reveals Simons' brilliance in providing nuanced readings of Beauvoir that richly situate her work within both the philosophical and the feminist traditions....
— Nancy Tuana, Editor, NEWSLETTER ON FEMINISM AND PHILOSOPHY
In this book Simons, long ago convinced of Beauvoir's influence on Satre and her importance as a philosopher in her own right, sums up over twenty years of feminist scholarship. She also amplifies our recognition of Beauvoir's involvement with the question of racial oppression. This is a valuable contribution indeed!!!!
— Jessica Benjamin
Beauvior and The Second Sex: Feminism, Race, and the Origins of Existentialism is an important contribution to a genealogy of feminist philosophy and a model for feminist philosophers in its thoughtfulness, fairness, and attention to detail.It chronicles a series of important discoveries and insightful analyses about Beauvior's work, and is likely to inspire more....
— Marguerite La Caze