Books
She Came to Stay
– She Came to Stay. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,1954. English translation of L'Invitée (Paris: Gallimard, 1943).From the publisher: Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon… More
Who Shall Die?
– Who Shall Die? Translated by Claude Francis and Fernande Gontier. Florissant: River Press, 1983. English translation of Les bouches inutiles (Paris: Gallimard, 1945).Beauvoir only wrote one play, Les Bouches Inutiles (Who Shall Die?) which was performed in 1945-the same year of the founding of Les Temps Modernes. Clearly enmeshed in the issues of World… More
In Defense of Djamila Boupacha
– "In Defense of Djamila Boupacha." Le Monde, 3 June, 1960. Appendix B in Djamila Boupacha: The Story of the Torture of a Young Algerian Girl which Shocked Liberal French Opinion; Introduction to Djamila Boupacha. Edited by Simone de Beauvoir and Gisèle Halimi. Translated by Peter Green. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. English translations of Djamila Boupacha (Paris: Gallimard, 1962).Originally a 1960 Le Monde article looking at the treatment of 23 year old Algerian Djamila Boupacha.
The Ethics of Ambiguity
– The Ethics of Ambiguity. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. New York: Citadel Press, 1996. English translation of Pour une morale de l'ambiguïté (Paris: Gallimard, 1947). Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de. Force of Circumstance, Vol. I: After the War, 1944-1952; Vol. 2: Hard Times, 1952-1962. Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Paragon House, 1992. English translation of La force des choses (Paris: Gallimard, 1963).In her 1947 book The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir outlines an existentialist ethics.
Simone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment
– Whitmarsh, Anne. Simone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981.From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir, whose name is inextricably linked with that of Jean-Paul Sartre, became famous as a leader of the existentialist movement and as a member of a… More
Situation and Human Existence: Freedom, Subjectivity and Society
– Kruks, Sonia. Situation and Human Existence: Freedom, Subjectivity and Society. New York: Routledge, 1990.From the publisher: This series presents issues which are central to 20th-century European thought, but unfamiliar to students of Anglo-American philosophy. Each book focuses on one… More
Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction
– Fullbrook, Edward and Fullbrook, Kate. Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge and Malden: Polity Press, 1998.From the publisher: This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to Simone de Beauvoir’s philosophical thought. Beauvoir has long been recognized as the twentieth… More
Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Reader
– Fallaize, Elizabeth (ed). Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Reader. London and New York: Routledge, 1998.From the publisher: This is the first volume to gather together all the classic critical texts on Simone de Beauvoir’s work as a feminist, novelist and philosopher. The essays are… More
The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir
– Card, Claudia (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.From the publisher: 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… More
An Eye for an Eye: Beauvoir and Levinas on Retributive Justice
– Seltzer, David. “An Eye for an Eye: Beauvoir and Levinas on Retributive Justice,” International Studies in Philosophy, 39(1): 59–77, 2007.Abstract: This paper will compare two very short essays, one by Beauvoir and the other by Levinas, and both titled “An Eye for an Eye” after the passage from Leviticus.
“Beauvoir, Hegel, War”
– Altman, Meryl. “Beauvoir, Hegel, War,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 22(3): 66–91, 2007.Abstract: The importance of Hegel to the philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir, both to her early philosophical texts and to The Second Sex, is usually discussed in terms of the master-slave… More
A Critique of Simone de Beauvoir’s Existential Ethics
– Braddock, Matthew. “A Critique of Simone de Beauvoir's Existential Ethics,” Philosophy Today, 51(3): 303–311, 2007.Abstract: Simone de Beauvoir’s ethics is very complex. In The Ethics of Ambiguity (1948), her notions of “ambiguity,” “disclosure,” “natural… More
Is Existentialist Authenticity Unethical? De Beauvoir on Ethics, Authenticity and Embodiment
– Shabot, Sarah Cohen, & Menschenfreund, Yaki. “Is Existentialist Authenticity Unethical? De Beauvoir on Ethics, Authenticity and Embodiment,” Philosophy Today, 52 (2): 150---156, 2008.Abstract: One of the most important problems confronted by existentialist thought clearly appears to be the one referring to the possible contradiction between authenticity and ethics. This… More
Simone de Beauvoir’s Ethics of Freedom and Absolute Evil
– Morgan, Anne. “Simone de Beauvoir's Ethics of Freedom and Absolute Evil,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 23(4): 75–89, 2008.Abstract: Simone de Beauvoir held that human experience is intrinsically ambiguous and that there are no values extrinsic to experience, but she also designated some actions as absolute… More
Essays
She Came to Stay
– She Came to Stay. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,1954. English translation of L'Invitée (Paris: Gallimard, 1943).From the publisher: Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon… More
Who Shall Die?
– Who Shall Die? Translated by Claude Francis and Fernande Gontier. Florissant: River Press, 1983. English translation of Les bouches inutiles (Paris: Gallimard, 1945).Beauvoir only wrote one play, Les Bouches Inutiles (Who Shall Die?) which was performed in 1945-the same year of the founding of Les Temps Modernes. Clearly enmeshed in the issues of World… More
In Defense of Djamila Boupacha
– "In Defense of Djamila Boupacha." Le Monde, 3 June, 1960. Appendix B in Djamila Boupacha: The Story of the Torture of a Young Algerian Girl which Shocked Liberal French Opinion; Introduction to Djamila Boupacha. Edited by Simone de Beauvoir and Gisèle Halimi. Translated by Peter Green. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. English translations of Djamila Boupacha (Paris: Gallimard, 1962).Originally a 1960 Le Monde article looking at the treatment of 23 year old Algerian Djamila Boupacha.
The Ethics of Ambiguity
– The Ethics of Ambiguity. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. New York: Citadel Press, 1996. English translation of Pour une morale de l'ambiguïté (Paris: Gallimard, 1947). Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de. Force of Circumstance, Vol. I: After the War, 1944-1952; Vol. 2: Hard Times, 1952-1962. Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Paragon House, 1992. English translation of La force des choses (Paris: Gallimard, 1963).In her 1947 book The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir outlines an existentialist ethics.
Simone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment
– Whitmarsh, Anne. Simone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981.From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir, whose name is inextricably linked with that of Jean-Paul Sartre, became famous as a leader of the existentialist movement and as a member of a… More
Situation and Human Existence: Freedom, Subjectivity and Society
– Kruks, Sonia. Situation and Human Existence: Freedom, Subjectivity and Society. New York: Routledge, 1990.From the publisher: This series presents issues which are central to 20th-century European thought, but unfamiliar to students of Anglo-American philosophy. Each book focuses on one… More
Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction
– Fullbrook, Edward and Fullbrook, Kate. Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge and Malden: Polity Press, 1998.From the publisher: This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to Simone de Beauvoir’s philosophical thought. Beauvoir has long been recognized as the twentieth… More
Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Reader
– Fallaize, Elizabeth (ed). Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Reader. London and New York: Routledge, 1998.From the publisher: This is the first volume to gather together all the classic critical texts on Simone de Beauvoir’s work as a feminist, novelist and philosopher. The essays are… More
The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir
– Card, Claudia (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.From the publisher: 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… More
An Eye for an Eye: Beauvoir and Levinas on Retributive Justice
– Seltzer, David. “An Eye for an Eye: Beauvoir and Levinas on Retributive Justice,” International Studies in Philosophy, 39(1): 59–77, 2007.Abstract: This paper will compare two very short essays, one by Beauvoir and the other by Levinas, and both titled “An Eye for an Eye” after the passage from Leviticus.
“Beauvoir, Hegel, War”
– Altman, Meryl. “Beauvoir, Hegel, War,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 22(3): 66–91, 2007.Abstract: The importance of Hegel to the philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir, both to her early philosophical texts and to The Second Sex, is usually discussed in terms of the master-slave… More
A Critique of Simone de Beauvoir’s Existential Ethics
– Braddock, Matthew. “A Critique of Simone de Beauvoir's Existential Ethics,” Philosophy Today, 51(3): 303–311, 2007.Abstract: Simone de Beauvoir’s ethics is very complex. In The Ethics of Ambiguity (1948), her notions of “ambiguity,” “disclosure,” “natural… More
Is Existentialist Authenticity Unethical? De Beauvoir on Ethics, Authenticity and Embodiment
– Shabot, Sarah Cohen, & Menschenfreund, Yaki. “Is Existentialist Authenticity Unethical? De Beauvoir on Ethics, Authenticity and Embodiment,” Philosophy Today, 52 (2): 150---156, 2008.Abstract: One of the most important problems confronted by existentialist thought clearly appears to be the one referring to the possible contradiction between authenticity and ethics. This… More
Simone de Beauvoir’s Ethics of Freedom and Absolute Evil
– Morgan, Anne. “Simone de Beauvoir's Ethics of Freedom and Absolute Evil,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 23(4): 75–89, 2008.Abstract: Simone de Beauvoir held that human experience is intrinsically ambiguous and that there are no values extrinsic to experience, but she also designated some actions as absolute… More
Commentary
She Came to Stay
– She Came to Stay. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,1954. English translation of L'Invitée (Paris: Gallimard, 1943).From the publisher: Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon… More
Who Shall Die?
– Who Shall Die? Translated by Claude Francis and Fernande Gontier. Florissant: River Press, 1983. English translation of Les bouches inutiles (Paris: Gallimard, 1945).Beauvoir only wrote one play, Les Bouches Inutiles (Who Shall Die?) which was performed in 1945-the same year of the founding of Les Temps Modernes. Clearly enmeshed in the issues of World… More
In Defense of Djamila Boupacha
– "In Defense of Djamila Boupacha." Le Monde, 3 June, 1960. Appendix B in Djamila Boupacha: The Story of the Torture of a Young Algerian Girl which Shocked Liberal French Opinion; Introduction to Djamila Boupacha. Edited by Simone de Beauvoir and Gisèle Halimi. Translated by Peter Green. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. English translations of Djamila Boupacha (Paris: Gallimard, 1962).Originally a 1960 Le Monde article looking at the treatment of 23 year old Algerian Djamila Boupacha.
The Ethics of Ambiguity
– The Ethics of Ambiguity. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. New York: Citadel Press, 1996. English translation of Pour une morale de l'ambiguïté (Paris: Gallimard, 1947). Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de. Force of Circumstance, Vol. I: After the War, 1944-1952; Vol. 2: Hard Times, 1952-1962. Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Paragon House, 1992. English translation of La force des choses (Paris: Gallimard, 1963).In her 1947 book The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir outlines an existentialist ethics.
Simone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment
– Whitmarsh, Anne. Simone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981.From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir, whose name is inextricably linked with that of Jean-Paul Sartre, became famous as a leader of the existentialist movement and as a member of a… More
Situation and Human Existence: Freedom, Subjectivity and Society
– Kruks, Sonia. Situation and Human Existence: Freedom, Subjectivity and Society. New York: Routledge, 1990.From the publisher: This series presents issues which are central to 20th-century European thought, but unfamiliar to students of Anglo-American philosophy. Each book focuses on one… More
Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction
– Fullbrook, Edward and Fullbrook, Kate. Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge and Malden: Polity Press, 1998.From the publisher: This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to Simone de Beauvoir’s philosophical thought. Beauvoir has long been recognized as the twentieth… More
Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Reader
– Fallaize, Elizabeth (ed). Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Reader. London and New York: Routledge, 1998.From the publisher: This is the first volume to gather together all the classic critical texts on Simone de Beauvoir’s work as a feminist, novelist and philosopher. The essays are… More
The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir
– Card, Claudia (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.From the publisher: 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… More
An Eye for an Eye: Beauvoir and Levinas on Retributive Justice
– Seltzer, David. “An Eye for an Eye: Beauvoir and Levinas on Retributive Justice,” International Studies in Philosophy, 39(1): 59–77, 2007.Abstract: This paper will compare two very short essays, one by Beauvoir and the other by Levinas, and both titled “An Eye for an Eye” after the passage from Leviticus.
“Beauvoir, Hegel, War”
– Altman, Meryl. “Beauvoir, Hegel, War,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 22(3): 66–91, 2007.Abstract: The importance of Hegel to the philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir, both to her early philosophical texts and to The Second Sex, is usually discussed in terms of the master-slave… More
A Critique of Simone de Beauvoir’s Existential Ethics
– Braddock, Matthew. “A Critique of Simone de Beauvoir's Existential Ethics,” Philosophy Today, 51(3): 303–311, 2007.Abstract: Simone de Beauvoir’s ethics is very complex. In The Ethics of Ambiguity (1948), her notions of “ambiguity,” “disclosure,” “natural… More
Is Existentialist Authenticity Unethical? De Beauvoir on Ethics, Authenticity and Embodiment
– Shabot, Sarah Cohen, & Menschenfreund, Yaki. “Is Existentialist Authenticity Unethical? De Beauvoir on Ethics, Authenticity and Embodiment,” Philosophy Today, 52 (2): 150---156, 2008.Abstract: One of the most important problems confronted by existentialist thought clearly appears to be the one referring to the possible contradiction between authenticity and ethics. This… More
Simone de Beauvoir’s Ethics of Freedom and Absolute Evil
– Morgan, Anne. “Simone de Beauvoir's Ethics of Freedom and Absolute Evil,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 23(4): 75–89, 2008.Abstract: Simone de Beauvoir held that human experience is intrinsically ambiguous and that there are no values extrinsic to experience, but she also designated some actions as absolute… More
Multimedia
She Came to Stay
– She Came to Stay. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,1954. English translation of L'Invitée (Paris: Gallimard, 1943).From the publisher: Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon… More
Who Shall Die?
– Who Shall Die? Translated by Claude Francis and Fernande Gontier. Florissant: River Press, 1983. English translation of Les bouches inutiles (Paris: Gallimard, 1945).Beauvoir only wrote one play, Les Bouches Inutiles (Who Shall Die?) which was performed in 1945-the same year of the founding of Les Temps Modernes. Clearly enmeshed in the issues of World… More
In Defense of Djamila Boupacha
– "In Defense of Djamila Boupacha." Le Monde, 3 June, 1960. Appendix B in Djamila Boupacha: The Story of the Torture of a Young Algerian Girl which Shocked Liberal French Opinion; Introduction to Djamila Boupacha. Edited by Simone de Beauvoir and Gisèle Halimi. Translated by Peter Green. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. English translations of Djamila Boupacha (Paris: Gallimard, 1962).Originally a 1960 Le Monde article looking at the treatment of 23 year old Algerian Djamila Boupacha.
The Ethics of Ambiguity
– The Ethics of Ambiguity. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. New York: Citadel Press, 1996. English translation of Pour une morale de l'ambiguïté (Paris: Gallimard, 1947). Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de. Force of Circumstance, Vol. I: After the War, 1944-1952; Vol. 2: Hard Times, 1952-1962. Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Paragon House, 1992. English translation of La force des choses (Paris: Gallimard, 1963).In her 1947 book The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir outlines an existentialist ethics.
Simone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment
– Whitmarsh, Anne. Simone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981.From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir, whose name is inextricably linked with that of Jean-Paul Sartre, became famous as a leader of the existentialist movement and as a member of a… More
Situation and Human Existence: Freedom, Subjectivity and Society
– Kruks, Sonia. Situation and Human Existence: Freedom, Subjectivity and Society. New York: Routledge, 1990.From the publisher: This series presents issues which are central to 20th-century European thought, but unfamiliar to students of Anglo-American philosophy. Each book focuses on one… More
Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction
– Fullbrook, Edward and Fullbrook, Kate. Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge and Malden: Polity Press, 1998.From the publisher: This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to Simone de Beauvoir’s philosophical thought. Beauvoir has long been recognized as the twentieth… More
Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Reader
– Fallaize, Elizabeth (ed). Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Reader. London and New York: Routledge, 1998.From the publisher: This is the first volume to gather together all the classic critical texts on Simone de Beauvoir’s work as a feminist, novelist and philosopher. The essays are… More
The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir
– Card, Claudia (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.From the publisher: 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… More
An Eye for an Eye: Beauvoir and Levinas on Retributive Justice
– Seltzer, David. “An Eye for an Eye: Beauvoir and Levinas on Retributive Justice,” International Studies in Philosophy, 39(1): 59–77, 2007.Abstract: This paper will compare two very short essays, one by Beauvoir and the other by Levinas, and both titled “An Eye for an Eye” after the passage from Leviticus.
“Beauvoir, Hegel, War”
– Altman, Meryl. “Beauvoir, Hegel, War,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 22(3): 66–91, 2007.Abstract: The importance of Hegel to the philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir, both to her early philosophical texts and to The Second Sex, is usually discussed in terms of the master-slave… More
A Critique of Simone de Beauvoir’s Existential Ethics
– Braddock, Matthew. “A Critique of Simone de Beauvoir's Existential Ethics,” Philosophy Today, 51(3): 303–311, 2007.Abstract: Simone de Beauvoir’s ethics is very complex. In The Ethics of Ambiguity (1948), her notions of “ambiguity,” “disclosure,” “natural… More
Is Existentialist Authenticity Unethical? De Beauvoir on Ethics, Authenticity and Embodiment
– Shabot, Sarah Cohen, & Menschenfreund, Yaki. “Is Existentialist Authenticity Unethical? De Beauvoir on Ethics, Authenticity and Embodiment,” Philosophy Today, 52 (2): 150---156, 2008.Abstract: One of the most important problems confronted by existentialist thought clearly appears to be the one referring to the possible contradiction between authenticity and ethics. This… More
Simone de Beauvoir’s Ethics of Freedom and Absolute Evil
– Morgan, Anne. “Simone de Beauvoir's Ethics of Freedom and Absolute Evil,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 23(4): 75–89, 2008.Abstract: Simone de Beauvoir held that human experience is intrinsically ambiguous and that there are no values extrinsic to experience, but she also designated some actions as absolute… More
Teaching
She Came to Stay
– She Came to Stay. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,1954. English translation of L'Invitée (Paris: Gallimard, 1943).From the publisher: Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon… More
Who Shall Die?
– Who Shall Die? Translated by Claude Francis and Fernande Gontier. Florissant: River Press, 1983. English translation of Les bouches inutiles (Paris: Gallimard, 1945).Beauvoir only wrote one play, Les Bouches Inutiles (Who Shall Die?) which was performed in 1945-the same year of the founding of Les Temps Modernes. Clearly enmeshed in the issues of World… More
In Defense of Djamila Boupacha
– "In Defense of Djamila Boupacha." Le Monde, 3 June, 1960. Appendix B in Djamila Boupacha: The Story of the Torture of a Young Algerian Girl which Shocked Liberal French Opinion; Introduction to Djamila Boupacha. Edited by Simone de Beauvoir and Gisèle Halimi. Translated by Peter Green. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. English translations of Djamila Boupacha (Paris: Gallimard, 1962).Originally a 1960 Le Monde article looking at the treatment of 23 year old Algerian Djamila Boupacha.
The Ethics of Ambiguity
– The Ethics of Ambiguity. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. New York: Citadel Press, 1996. English translation of Pour une morale de l'ambiguïté (Paris: Gallimard, 1947). Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de. Force of Circumstance, Vol. I: After the War, 1944-1952; Vol. 2: Hard Times, 1952-1962. Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Paragon House, 1992. English translation of La force des choses (Paris: Gallimard, 1963).In her 1947 book The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir outlines an existentialist ethics.
Simone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment
– Whitmarsh, Anne. Simone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981.From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir, whose name is inextricably linked with that of Jean-Paul Sartre, became famous as a leader of the existentialist movement and as a member of a… More
Situation and Human Existence: Freedom, Subjectivity and Society
– Kruks, Sonia. Situation and Human Existence: Freedom, Subjectivity and Society. New York: Routledge, 1990.From the publisher: This series presents issues which are central to 20th-century European thought, but unfamiliar to students of Anglo-American philosophy. Each book focuses on one… More
Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction
– Fullbrook, Edward and Fullbrook, Kate. Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge and Malden: Polity Press, 1998.From the publisher: This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to Simone de Beauvoir’s philosophical thought. Beauvoir has long been recognized as the twentieth… More
Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Reader
– Fallaize, Elizabeth (ed). Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Reader. London and New York: Routledge, 1998.From the publisher: This is the first volume to gather together all the classic critical texts on Simone de Beauvoir’s work as a feminist, novelist and philosopher. The essays are… More
The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir
– Card, Claudia (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.From the publisher: 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… More
An Eye for an Eye: Beauvoir and Levinas on Retributive Justice
– Seltzer, David. “An Eye for an Eye: Beauvoir and Levinas on Retributive Justice,” International Studies in Philosophy, 39(1): 59–77, 2007.Abstract: This paper will compare two very short essays, one by Beauvoir and the other by Levinas, and both titled “An Eye for an Eye” after the passage from Leviticus.
“Beauvoir, Hegel, War”
– Altman, Meryl. “Beauvoir, Hegel, War,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 22(3): 66–91, 2007.Abstract: The importance of Hegel to the philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir, both to her early philosophical texts and to The Second Sex, is usually discussed in terms of the master-slave… More
A Critique of Simone de Beauvoir’s Existential Ethics
– Braddock, Matthew. “A Critique of Simone de Beauvoir's Existential Ethics,” Philosophy Today, 51(3): 303–311, 2007.Abstract: Simone de Beauvoir’s ethics is very complex. In The Ethics of Ambiguity (1948), her notions of “ambiguity,” “disclosure,” “natural… More
Is Existentialist Authenticity Unethical? De Beauvoir on Ethics, Authenticity and Embodiment
– Shabot, Sarah Cohen, & Menschenfreund, Yaki. “Is Existentialist Authenticity Unethical? De Beauvoir on Ethics, Authenticity and Embodiment,” Philosophy Today, 52 (2): 150---156, 2008.Abstract: One of the most important problems confronted by existentialist thought clearly appears to be the one referring to the possible contradiction between authenticity and ethics. This… More
Simone de Beauvoir’s Ethics of Freedom and Absolute Evil
– Morgan, Anne. “Simone de Beauvoir's Ethics of Freedom and Absolute Evil,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 23(4): 75–89, 2008.Abstract: Simone de Beauvoir held that human experience is intrinsically ambiguous and that there are no values extrinsic to experience, but she also designated some actions as absolute… More