Simone de Beauvoir

Appignanesi, Lisa

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Simone de Beauvoir was a brilliant scholar & novelist, leading member of the existentialist movement & a committed socialist & feminist. Raised in a very respectable environment, as a young woman she rejected her parents’ values & embarked on a literary career. Her philosophy & views are as relevant today as during her lifetime.

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Publish Date: 15/04/2005

Description

Simone de Beauvoir was a member of the intellectual elite of philosopher-writers whose feminist ideas revolutionised conventional thinking. She is known primarily for her monumental work: The Second Sex, (1949) a scholarly and passionate seminal work, which became a classic of feminist literature but also for her partnership with the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, France’s most celebrated and unconventional intellectual couplings.

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Weight 299 g
Dimensions 203 × 127 × 10 mm
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Pages

182

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

194 (edition:22)

Readership

College – higher education / Code: F