How To Read Beauvoir by Stella Sandford (English) Paperback Book

Description: How To Read Beauvoir by Stella Sandford To what extent does our social existence determine who we are? What is the meaning of sexuality for human existence? What is the meaning of old age? What is a woman? And what, for that matter, is a man? FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Stella Sandford explores the philosophical basis of Beauvoir is reflections on these and other questions, from her early moral period, through her post-war philosophical crisis, to the astounding polymathic studies of her mature thought. She demonstrates the persistence of the fundamental existential and ethical questions that drove Beauvoirs work and her constant revision of her own positions. With a central emphasis on Beauvoirs major work, The Second Sex, extracts are also taken from her first philosophical and political essays, as well as The Mandarins, Old Age and her essay on the Marquis de Sade. Author Biography Stella Sandford is Senior Lecturer in Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University and a member of the Radical Philosophy Editorial Collective. She is the author of The Metaphysics of Love: Gender and Transcendence in Levinas and a forthcoming book on Plato and sex. Review Beauvoir, like Sartre, is a founder of existentialism- the most popular philosophy of the modern day Renewed interest in this personality philosopher with the recent publication of Hazel Rowleys Tete-a-Tete: The Lives and Loves of Simone Le Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre (read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week) Adding to 10 other titles currently available in the How to Read series Promotional These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work Terry Eagleton, New Statesman Long Description To what extent does our social existence determine who we are? What is the meaning of sexuality for human existence? What is the meaning of old age? What is a woman? And what, for that matter, is a man? Stella Sandford explores the philosophical basis of Beauvoir is reflections on these and other questions, from her early moral period, through her post-war philosophical crisis, to the astounding polymathic studies of her mature thought. She demonstrates the persistence of the fundamental existential and ethical questions that drove Beauvoirs work and her constant revision of her own positions. With a central emphasis on Beauvoirs major work, The Second Sex , extracts are also taken from her first philosophical and political essays, as well as The Mandarins, Old Age and her essay on the Marquis de Sade. Promotional "Headline" These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work Terry Eagleton, New Statesman Details ISBN1862078742 Author Stella Sandford Pages 128 Publisher Granta Books Year 2006 ISBN-10 1862078742 ISBN-13 9781862078741 Format Paperback Publication Date 2006-09-04 Imprint Granta Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 194 Edition 1st Series How to Read Language English Media Book UK Release Date 2006-09-04 AU Release Date 2006-09-04 Audience Undergraduate NZ Release Date 2006-11-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2761755;

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