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Pyrrhus and Cinéas

– Pyrrhus et Cinéas. Paris: Gallimard, 1944.
From the publisher: Pyrrhus and Cineas is Simone de Beauvoir’s first philosophical essay. It was published in 1944, and in it, she makes a philosophical inquiry into the human… More

The Blood of Others

– The Blood of Others. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: Pantheon Books, 1948. English translation of Le sang des autres (Paris: Gallimard, 1945).
Beauvoir examines the lives of different characters in pre-war Paris.

The Second Sex

– The Second Sex. Translated by H. M. Parshley. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. English translation of Le deuxième sexe (Paris: Gallimard, 1949).
Excerpt: For a long time I have hesitated to write a book on woman. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new. Enough ink has been spilled in quarrelling over… More

The Mandarins

– The Mandarins. Translated by Leonard M. Friedman. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1991. English translation of Les mandarins (Paris: Gallimard, 1954).
From the publisher: In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. In fictionally… More

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.

A Very Easy Death

– A Very Easy Death. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. English translation of Une mort très douce (Paris: Gallimard, 1964).
From the publisher: A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the… More

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

Hipparchia’s Choice: An Essay Concerning Women, Philosophy, Etc.

– Le Doeuff, Michèle. Hipparchia's Choice: An Essay Concerning Women, Philosophy, Etc, translated by Trista Selous. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1991.
From the publisher: A work of rare insight and irreverence, Hipparchia’s Choice boldly recasts the history of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the post-Derrideans as one of… More

Simone de Beauvoir Revisited

– Brosman, Catherine. Simone de Beauvoir Revisited. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991.
Excerpt: In this volume I review and evaluate Beauvoir’s literary, philosophical, and other works in the appropriate critical context by chronological, and generic groupings, against the… More

All Men are Mortal

– All Men are Mortal. Translated by Leonard M. Friedman. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1992. English translation of Tous les Hommes sont Mortels (Paris: Gallimard, 1946).
From the publisher: Probably de Beauvoir’s strangest and most compelling novel, this is the captivating story of a beautiful young actress who revives a downcast stranger at a French… More

Philosophy as Passion: The Thinking of Simone de Beauvoir

– Vintges, Karen. Philosophy as Passion: The Thinking of Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Anne Lavelle. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996.
From the publisher: Philosophy as Passion refutes the commonly held view of Simone de Beauvoir as no more than an acolyte of Jean-Paul Sartre. Karen Vintges delineates Beauvoir’s… More

Sex and Existence: Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’

– Lundgren-Gothlin, Eva. Sex and Existence: Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex', translated by Linda Schenck. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1996.
From the publisher: An analysis of the philosophical foundations and structure of “The Second Sex”. It reveals not only the influence of Sartre but that of Hegel/Kojeve and… More

Existentialism, Feminism, and Simone de Beauvoir

– Mahon, Joseph and Campling, Jo.  Existentialism, Feminism, and Simone de Beauvoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir made her own distinctive contribution to existentialism in the form of an ethics which diverged sharply from that of Jean-Paul Sartre. In her novels… 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

– Keefe, Terry. Simone de Beauvoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
From the publisher: Taking account of recent biographies and posthumously-published works, this study sets de Beauvoir’s fiction withing the context of her life and works as a whole,… 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

Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography

– Pilardi, Jo-Ann. Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography, Westport: Greenwood Press, 1999.
From the publisher: The development of Simone de Beauvoir’s notion of self in both her philosophical and autobiographical writings is analyzed in this volume. Two ideas of the self… More

Simone de Beauvoir: Philosophy and Feminism

– Bauer, Nancy. Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy and Feminism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
From the publisher: In the introduction to The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir notes that “a man never begins by establishing himself as an individual of a certain sex: his being a man… More

The Bonds of Freedom: Simone de Beauvoir’s Existentialist Ethics

– Arp, Kristana. The Bonds of Freedom: Simone de Beauvoir's Existentialist Ethics. Chicago: Open Court Publishing, 2001.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir published a number of philosophical essays and novels before writing The Second Sex. The most important of these was The Ethics of Ambiguity, in which… More

Simone de Beauvoir’s Philosophy of Lived Experience: Literature and Metaphysics

– Holveck, Eleanore. Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy of Lived Experience: Literature and Metaphysics. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2002.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir developed her philosophy of lived experience as she actually wrote fiction. Hence Beauvoir should be placed among major philosophical novelists of the… 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

Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir

– Heinamaa, Sara. Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1995.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir’s Le Deuxième Sexe has been studied extensively since its appearance in 1949. Through the years, certain passages have taken on prestige;… More

The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir by Emily Grosholz

– Grosholz, Emily. The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
From the publisher: This collection of new essays treats the historical, philosophical, and literary dimensions of Simone de Beauvoir’s thought, and celebrates the 50th anniversary of… More

Manliness by Harvey Mansfield

– Mansfield, Harvey. Manliness. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2006.
Manliness by Harvey Mansfield offers an important analysis and critique of the writings of Simone de Beauvoir. From the publisher: This book invites—no, demands—a response from its… 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

What Do Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Have to Say to Us Today

– Noudelmann, François. “What Do Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Have to Say to Us Today?” Diogenes, 54(216): 35–39, 2007.
Abstract: Sartre’s thought and practice cannot be separated from the experience of the Second World War. Emerging from the war, Sartre formed the idea that the human comes forth out… 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

The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir by Penelope Deutscher

– Deutscher, Penelope. The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
From the publisher: Studies of Simone de Beauvoir have mostly concentrated on her literature, her life, and her famous 1949 work, The Second Sex, and the continued emphasis has been on… 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

Beauvoir & Sartre: The Riddle of Influence

– Daigle, Christine, and Golomb, Jacob (eds.). Beauvoir & Sartre: The Riddle of Influence. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009.
From the publisher: While many scholars consider Simone de Beauvoir an important philosopher in her own right, thorny issues of mutual influence between her thought and that of Jean-Paul… More

Simone de Beauvoir Today

– Simone de Beauvoir Today.  Duke Univeristy.  September 23, 2011.
The symposium, held at Duke University in September 23, 2011, commemorated the 25th death anniversary of 20th century’s leading feminist theorist and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir… More

Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity

– Kruks, Sonia. Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity is the first full-length study of Beauvoir’s political thinking. Best known as the author of The Second Sex,… More

Essays

Pyrrhus and Cinéas

– Pyrrhus et Cinéas. Paris: Gallimard, 1944.
From the publisher: Pyrrhus and Cineas is Simone de Beauvoir’s first philosophical essay. It was published in 1944, and in it, she makes a philosophical inquiry into the human… More

The Blood of Others

– The Blood of Others. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: Pantheon Books, 1948. English translation of Le sang des autres (Paris: Gallimard, 1945).
Beauvoir examines the lives of different characters in pre-war Paris.

The Second Sex

– The Second Sex. Translated by H. M. Parshley. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. English translation of Le deuxième sexe (Paris: Gallimard, 1949).
Excerpt: For a long time I have hesitated to write a book on woman. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new. Enough ink has been spilled in quarrelling over… More

The Mandarins

– The Mandarins. Translated by Leonard M. Friedman. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1991. English translation of Les mandarins (Paris: Gallimard, 1954).
From the publisher: In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. In fictionally… More

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.

A Very Easy Death

– A Very Easy Death. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. English translation of Une mort très douce (Paris: Gallimard, 1964).
From the publisher: A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the… More

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

Hipparchia’s Choice: An Essay Concerning Women, Philosophy, Etc.

– Le Doeuff, Michèle. Hipparchia's Choice: An Essay Concerning Women, Philosophy, Etc, translated by Trista Selous. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1991.
From the publisher: A work of rare insight and irreverence, Hipparchia’s Choice boldly recasts the history of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the post-Derrideans as one of… More

Simone de Beauvoir Revisited

– Brosman, Catherine. Simone de Beauvoir Revisited. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991.
Excerpt: In this volume I review and evaluate Beauvoir’s literary, philosophical, and other works in the appropriate critical context by chronological, and generic groupings, against the… More

All Men are Mortal

– All Men are Mortal. Translated by Leonard M. Friedman. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1992. English translation of Tous les Hommes sont Mortels (Paris: Gallimard, 1946).
From the publisher: Probably de Beauvoir’s strangest and most compelling novel, this is the captivating story of a beautiful young actress who revives a downcast stranger at a French… More

Philosophy as Passion: The Thinking of Simone de Beauvoir

– Vintges, Karen. Philosophy as Passion: The Thinking of Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Anne Lavelle. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996.
From the publisher: Philosophy as Passion refutes the commonly held view of Simone de Beauvoir as no more than an acolyte of Jean-Paul Sartre. Karen Vintges delineates Beauvoir’s… More

Sex and Existence: Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’

– Lundgren-Gothlin, Eva. Sex and Existence: Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex', translated by Linda Schenck. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1996.
From the publisher: An analysis of the philosophical foundations and structure of “The Second Sex”. It reveals not only the influence of Sartre but that of Hegel/Kojeve and… More

Existentialism, Feminism, and Simone de Beauvoir

– Mahon, Joseph and Campling, Jo.  Existentialism, Feminism, and Simone de Beauvoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir made her own distinctive contribution to existentialism in the form of an ethics which diverged sharply from that of Jean-Paul Sartre. In her novels… 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

– Keefe, Terry. Simone de Beauvoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
From the publisher: Taking account of recent biographies and posthumously-published works, this study sets de Beauvoir’s fiction withing the context of her life and works as a whole,… 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

Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography

– Pilardi, Jo-Ann. Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography, Westport: Greenwood Press, 1999.
From the publisher: The development of Simone de Beauvoir’s notion of self in both her philosophical and autobiographical writings is analyzed in this volume. Two ideas of the self… More

Simone de Beauvoir: Philosophy and Feminism

– Bauer, Nancy. Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy and Feminism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
From the publisher: In the introduction to The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir notes that “a man never begins by establishing himself as an individual of a certain sex: his being a man… More

The Bonds of Freedom: Simone de Beauvoir’s Existentialist Ethics

– Arp, Kristana. The Bonds of Freedom: Simone de Beauvoir's Existentialist Ethics. Chicago: Open Court Publishing, 2001.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir published a number of philosophical essays and novels before writing The Second Sex. The most important of these was The Ethics of Ambiguity, in which… More

Simone de Beauvoir’s Philosophy of Lived Experience: Literature and Metaphysics

– Holveck, Eleanore. Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy of Lived Experience: Literature and Metaphysics. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2002.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir developed her philosophy of lived experience as she actually wrote fiction. Hence Beauvoir should be placed among major philosophical novelists of the… 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

Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir

– Heinamaa, Sara. Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1995.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir’s Le Deuxième Sexe has been studied extensively since its appearance in 1949. Through the years, certain passages have taken on prestige;… More

The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir by Emily Grosholz

– Grosholz, Emily. The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
From the publisher: This collection of new essays treats the historical, philosophical, and literary dimensions of Simone de Beauvoir’s thought, and celebrates the 50th anniversary of… More

Manliness by Harvey Mansfield

– Mansfield, Harvey. Manliness. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2006.
Manliness by Harvey Mansfield offers an important analysis and critique of the writings of Simone de Beauvoir. From the publisher: This book invites—no, demands—a response from its… 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

What Do Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Have to Say to Us Today

– Noudelmann, François. “What Do Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Have to Say to Us Today?” Diogenes, 54(216): 35–39, 2007.
Abstract: Sartre’s thought and practice cannot be separated from the experience of the Second World War. Emerging from the war, Sartre formed the idea that the human comes forth out… 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

The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir by Penelope Deutscher

– Deutscher, Penelope. The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
From the publisher: Studies of Simone de Beauvoir have mostly concentrated on her literature, her life, and her famous 1949 work, The Second Sex, and the continued emphasis has been on… 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

Beauvoir & Sartre: The Riddle of Influence

– Daigle, Christine, and Golomb, Jacob (eds.). Beauvoir & Sartre: The Riddle of Influence. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009.
From the publisher: While many scholars consider Simone de Beauvoir an important philosopher in her own right, thorny issues of mutual influence between her thought and that of Jean-Paul… More

Simone de Beauvoir Today

– Simone de Beauvoir Today.  Duke Univeristy.  September 23, 2011.
The symposium, held at Duke University in September 23, 2011, commemorated the 25th death anniversary of 20th century’s leading feminist theorist and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir… More

Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity

– Kruks, Sonia. Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity is the first full-length study of Beauvoir’s political thinking. Best known as the author of The Second Sex,… More

Commentary

Pyrrhus and Cinéas

– Pyrrhus et Cinéas. Paris: Gallimard, 1944.
From the publisher: Pyrrhus and Cineas is Simone de Beauvoir’s first philosophical essay. It was published in 1944, and in it, she makes a philosophical inquiry into the human… More

The Blood of Others

– The Blood of Others. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: Pantheon Books, 1948. English translation of Le sang des autres (Paris: Gallimard, 1945).
Beauvoir examines the lives of different characters in pre-war Paris.

The Second Sex

– The Second Sex. Translated by H. M. Parshley. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. English translation of Le deuxième sexe (Paris: Gallimard, 1949).
Excerpt: For a long time I have hesitated to write a book on woman. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new. Enough ink has been spilled in quarrelling over… More

The Mandarins

– The Mandarins. Translated by Leonard M. Friedman. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1991. English translation of Les mandarins (Paris: Gallimard, 1954).
From the publisher: In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. In fictionally… More

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.

A Very Easy Death

– A Very Easy Death. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. English translation of Une mort très douce (Paris: Gallimard, 1964).
From the publisher: A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the… More

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

Hipparchia’s Choice: An Essay Concerning Women, Philosophy, Etc.

– Le Doeuff, Michèle. Hipparchia's Choice: An Essay Concerning Women, Philosophy, Etc, translated by Trista Selous. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1991.
From the publisher: A work of rare insight and irreverence, Hipparchia’s Choice boldly recasts the history of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the post-Derrideans as one of… More

Simone de Beauvoir Revisited

– Brosman, Catherine. Simone de Beauvoir Revisited. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991.
Excerpt: In this volume I review and evaluate Beauvoir’s literary, philosophical, and other works in the appropriate critical context by chronological, and generic groupings, against the… More

All Men are Mortal

– All Men are Mortal. Translated by Leonard M. Friedman. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1992. English translation of Tous les Hommes sont Mortels (Paris: Gallimard, 1946).
From the publisher: Probably de Beauvoir’s strangest and most compelling novel, this is the captivating story of a beautiful young actress who revives a downcast stranger at a French… More

Philosophy as Passion: The Thinking of Simone de Beauvoir

– Vintges, Karen. Philosophy as Passion: The Thinking of Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Anne Lavelle. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996.
From the publisher: Philosophy as Passion refutes the commonly held view of Simone de Beauvoir as no more than an acolyte of Jean-Paul Sartre. Karen Vintges delineates Beauvoir’s… More

Sex and Existence: Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’

– Lundgren-Gothlin, Eva. Sex and Existence: Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex', translated by Linda Schenck. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1996.
From the publisher: An analysis of the philosophical foundations and structure of “The Second Sex”. It reveals not only the influence of Sartre but that of Hegel/Kojeve and… More

Existentialism, Feminism, and Simone de Beauvoir

– Mahon, Joseph and Campling, Jo.  Existentialism, Feminism, and Simone de Beauvoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir made her own distinctive contribution to existentialism in the form of an ethics which diverged sharply from that of Jean-Paul Sartre. In her novels… 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

– Keefe, Terry. Simone de Beauvoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
From the publisher: Taking account of recent biographies and posthumously-published works, this study sets de Beauvoir’s fiction withing the context of her life and works as a whole,… 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

Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography

– Pilardi, Jo-Ann. Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography, Westport: Greenwood Press, 1999.
From the publisher: The development of Simone de Beauvoir’s notion of self in both her philosophical and autobiographical writings is analyzed in this volume. Two ideas of the self… More

Simone de Beauvoir: Philosophy and Feminism

– Bauer, Nancy. Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy and Feminism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
From the publisher: In the introduction to The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir notes that “a man never begins by establishing himself as an individual of a certain sex: his being a man… More

The Bonds of Freedom: Simone de Beauvoir’s Existentialist Ethics

– Arp, Kristana. The Bonds of Freedom: Simone de Beauvoir's Existentialist Ethics. Chicago: Open Court Publishing, 2001.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir published a number of philosophical essays and novels before writing The Second Sex. The most important of these was The Ethics of Ambiguity, in which… More

Simone de Beauvoir’s Philosophy of Lived Experience: Literature and Metaphysics

– Holveck, Eleanore. Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy of Lived Experience: Literature and Metaphysics. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2002.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir developed her philosophy of lived experience as she actually wrote fiction. Hence Beauvoir should be placed among major philosophical novelists of the… 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

Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir

– Heinamaa, Sara. Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1995.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir’s Le Deuxième Sexe has been studied extensively since its appearance in 1949. Through the years, certain passages have taken on prestige;… More

The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir by Emily Grosholz

– Grosholz, Emily. The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
From the publisher: This collection of new essays treats the historical, philosophical, and literary dimensions of Simone de Beauvoir’s thought, and celebrates the 50th anniversary of… More

Manliness by Harvey Mansfield

– Mansfield, Harvey. Manliness. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2006.
Manliness by Harvey Mansfield offers an important analysis and critique of the writings of Simone de Beauvoir. From the publisher: This book invites—no, demands—a response from its… 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

What Do Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Have to Say to Us Today

– Noudelmann, François. “What Do Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Have to Say to Us Today?” Diogenes, 54(216): 35–39, 2007.
Abstract: Sartre’s thought and practice cannot be separated from the experience of the Second World War. Emerging from the war, Sartre formed the idea that the human comes forth out… 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

The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir by Penelope Deutscher

– Deutscher, Penelope. The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
From the publisher: Studies of Simone de Beauvoir have mostly concentrated on her literature, her life, and her famous 1949 work, The Second Sex, and the continued emphasis has been on… 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

Beauvoir & Sartre: The Riddle of Influence

– Daigle, Christine, and Golomb, Jacob (eds.). Beauvoir & Sartre: The Riddle of Influence. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009.
From the publisher: While many scholars consider Simone de Beauvoir an important philosopher in her own right, thorny issues of mutual influence between her thought and that of Jean-Paul… More

Simone de Beauvoir Today

– Simone de Beauvoir Today.  Duke Univeristy.  September 23, 2011.
The symposium, held at Duke University in September 23, 2011, commemorated the 25th death anniversary of 20th century’s leading feminist theorist and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir… More

Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity

– Kruks, Sonia. Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity is the first full-length study of Beauvoir’s political thinking. Best known as the author of The Second Sex,… More

Multimedia

Pyrrhus and Cinéas

– Pyrrhus et Cinéas. Paris: Gallimard, 1944.
From the publisher: Pyrrhus and Cineas is Simone de Beauvoir’s first philosophical essay. It was published in 1944, and in it, she makes a philosophical inquiry into the human… More

The Blood of Others

– The Blood of Others. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: Pantheon Books, 1948. English translation of Le sang des autres (Paris: Gallimard, 1945).
Beauvoir examines the lives of different characters in pre-war Paris.

The Second Sex

– The Second Sex. Translated by H. M. Parshley. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. English translation of Le deuxième sexe (Paris: Gallimard, 1949).
Excerpt: For a long time I have hesitated to write a book on woman. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new. Enough ink has been spilled in quarrelling over… More

The Mandarins

– The Mandarins. Translated by Leonard M. Friedman. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1991. English translation of Les mandarins (Paris: Gallimard, 1954).
From the publisher: In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. In fictionally… More

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.

A Very Easy Death

– A Very Easy Death. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. English translation of Une mort très douce (Paris: Gallimard, 1964).
From the publisher: A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the… More

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

Hipparchia’s Choice: An Essay Concerning Women, Philosophy, Etc.

– Le Doeuff, Michèle. Hipparchia's Choice: An Essay Concerning Women, Philosophy, Etc, translated by Trista Selous. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1991.
From the publisher: A work of rare insight and irreverence, Hipparchia’s Choice boldly recasts the history of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the post-Derrideans as one of… More

Simone de Beauvoir Revisited

– Brosman, Catherine. Simone de Beauvoir Revisited. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991.
Excerpt: In this volume I review and evaluate Beauvoir’s literary, philosophical, and other works in the appropriate critical context by chronological, and generic groupings, against the… More

All Men are Mortal

– All Men are Mortal. Translated by Leonard M. Friedman. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1992. English translation of Tous les Hommes sont Mortels (Paris: Gallimard, 1946).
From the publisher: Probably de Beauvoir’s strangest and most compelling novel, this is the captivating story of a beautiful young actress who revives a downcast stranger at a French… More

Philosophy as Passion: The Thinking of Simone de Beauvoir

– Vintges, Karen. Philosophy as Passion: The Thinking of Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Anne Lavelle. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996.
From the publisher: Philosophy as Passion refutes the commonly held view of Simone de Beauvoir as no more than an acolyte of Jean-Paul Sartre. Karen Vintges delineates Beauvoir’s… More

Sex and Existence: Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’

– Lundgren-Gothlin, Eva. Sex and Existence: Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex', translated by Linda Schenck. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1996.
From the publisher: An analysis of the philosophical foundations and structure of “The Second Sex”. It reveals not only the influence of Sartre but that of Hegel/Kojeve and… More

Existentialism, Feminism, and Simone de Beauvoir

– Mahon, Joseph and Campling, Jo.  Existentialism, Feminism, and Simone de Beauvoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir made her own distinctive contribution to existentialism in the form of an ethics which diverged sharply from that of Jean-Paul Sartre. In her novels… 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

– Keefe, Terry. Simone de Beauvoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
From the publisher: Taking account of recent biographies and posthumously-published works, this study sets de Beauvoir’s fiction withing the context of her life and works as a whole,… 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

Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography

– Pilardi, Jo-Ann. Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography, Westport: Greenwood Press, 1999.
From the publisher: The development of Simone de Beauvoir’s notion of self in both her philosophical and autobiographical writings is analyzed in this volume. Two ideas of the self… More

Simone de Beauvoir: Philosophy and Feminism

– Bauer, Nancy. Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy and Feminism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
From the publisher: In the introduction to The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir notes that “a man never begins by establishing himself as an individual of a certain sex: his being a man… More

The Bonds of Freedom: Simone de Beauvoir’s Existentialist Ethics

– Arp, Kristana. The Bonds of Freedom: Simone de Beauvoir's Existentialist Ethics. Chicago: Open Court Publishing, 2001.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir published a number of philosophical essays and novels before writing The Second Sex. The most important of these was The Ethics of Ambiguity, in which… More

Simone de Beauvoir’s Philosophy of Lived Experience: Literature and Metaphysics

– Holveck, Eleanore. Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy of Lived Experience: Literature and Metaphysics. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2002.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir developed her philosophy of lived experience as she actually wrote fiction. Hence Beauvoir should be placed among major philosophical novelists of the… 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

Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir

– Heinamaa, Sara. Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1995.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir’s Le Deuxième Sexe has been studied extensively since its appearance in 1949. Through the years, certain passages have taken on prestige;… More

The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir by Emily Grosholz

– Grosholz, Emily. The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
From the publisher: This collection of new essays treats the historical, philosophical, and literary dimensions of Simone de Beauvoir’s thought, and celebrates the 50th anniversary of… More

Manliness by Harvey Mansfield

– Mansfield, Harvey. Manliness. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2006.
Manliness by Harvey Mansfield offers an important analysis and critique of the writings of Simone de Beauvoir. From the publisher: This book invites—no, demands—a response from its… 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

What Do Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Have to Say to Us Today

– Noudelmann, François. “What Do Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Have to Say to Us Today?” Diogenes, 54(216): 35–39, 2007.
Abstract: Sartre’s thought and practice cannot be separated from the experience of the Second World War. Emerging from the war, Sartre formed the idea that the human comes forth out… 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

The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir by Penelope Deutscher

– Deutscher, Penelope. The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
From the publisher: Studies of Simone de Beauvoir have mostly concentrated on her literature, her life, and her famous 1949 work, The Second Sex, and the continued emphasis has been on… 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

Beauvoir & Sartre: The Riddle of Influence

– Daigle, Christine, and Golomb, Jacob (eds.). Beauvoir & Sartre: The Riddle of Influence. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009.
From the publisher: While many scholars consider Simone de Beauvoir an important philosopher in her own right, thorny issues of mutual influence between her thought and that of Jean-Paul… More

Simone de Beauvoir Today

– Simone de Beauvoir Today.  Duke Univeristy.  September 23, 2011.
The symposium, held at Duke University in September 23, 2011, commemorated the 25th death anniversary of 20th century’s leading feminist theorist and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir… More

Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity

– Kruks, Sonia. Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity is the first full-length study of Beauvoir’s political thinking. Best known as the author of The Second Sex,… More

Teaching

Pyrrhus and Cinéas

– Pyrrhus et Cinéas. Paris: Gallimard, 1944.
From the publisher: Pyrrhus and Cineas is Simone de Beauvoir’s first philosophical essay. It was published in 1944, and in it, she makes a philosophical inquiry into the human… More

The Blood of Others

– The Blood of Others. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. New York: Pantheon Books, 1948. English translation of Le sang des autres (Paris: Gallimard, 1945).
Beauvoir examines the lives of different characters in pre-war Paris.

The Second Sex

– The Second Sex. Translated by H. M. Parshley. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. English translation of Le deuxième sexe (Paris: Gallimard, 1949).
Excerpt: For a long time I have hesitated to write a book on woman. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new. Enough ink has been spilled in quarrelling over… More

The Mandarins

– The Mandarins. Translated by Leonard M. Friedman. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1991. English translation of Les mandarins (Paris: Gallimard, 1954).
From the publisher: In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. In fictionally… More

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.

A Very Easy Death

– A Very Easy Death. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. English translation of Une mort très douce (Paris: Gallimard, 1964).
From the publisher: A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the… More

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

Hipparchia’s Choice: An Essay Concerning Women, Philosophy, Etc.

– Le Doeuff, Michèle. Hipparchia's Choice: An Essay Concerning Women, Philosophy, Etc, translated by Trista Selous. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1991.
From the publisher: A work of rare insight and irreverence, Hipparchia’s Choice boldly recasts the history of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the post-Derrideans as one of… More

Simone de Beauvoir Revisited

– Brosman, Catherine. Simone de Beauvoir Revisited. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991.
Excerpt: In this volume I review and evaluate Beauvoir’s literary, philosophical, and other works in the appropriate critical context by chronological, and generic groupings, against the… More

All Men are Mortal

– All Men are Mortal. Translated by Leonard M. Friedman. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1992. English translation of Tous les Hommes sont Mortels (Paris: Gallimard, 1946).
From the publisher: Probably de Beauvoir’s strangest and most compelling novel, this is the captivating story of a beautiful young actress who revives a downcast stranger at a French… More

Philosophy as Passion: The Thinking of Simone de Beauvoir

– Vintges, Karen. Philosophy as Passion: The Thinking of Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Anne Lavelle. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996.
From the publisher: Philosophy as Passion refutes the commonly held view of Simone de Beauvoir as no more than an acolyte of Jean-Paul Sartre. Karen Vintges delineates Beauvoir’s… More

Sex and Existence: Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’

– Lundgren-Gothlin, Eva. Sex and Existence: Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex', translated by Linda Schenck. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1996.
From the publisher: An analysis of the philosophical foundations and structure of “The Second Sex”. It reveals not only the influence of Sartre but that of Hegel/Kojeve and… More

Existentialism, Feminism, and Simone de Beauvoir

– Mahon, Joseph and Campling, Jo.  Existentialism, Feminism, and Simone de Beauvoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir made her own distinctive contribution to existentialism in the form of an ethics which diverged sharply from that of Jean-Paul Sartre. In her novels… 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

– Keefe, Terry. Simone de Beauvoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
From the publisher: Taking account of recent biographies and posthumously-published works, this study sets de Beauvoir’s fiction withing the context of her life and works as a whole,… 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

Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography

– Pilardi, Jo-Ann. Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography, Westport: Greenwood Press, 1999.
From the publisher: The development of Simone de Beauvoir’s notion of self in both her philosophical and autobiographical writings is analyzed in this volume. Two ideas of the self… More

Simone de Beauvoir: Philosophy and Feminism

– Bauer, Nancy. Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy and Feminism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
From the publisher: In the introduction to The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir notes that “a man never begins by establishing himself as an individual of a certain sex: his being a man… More

The Bonds of Freedom: Simone de Beauvoir’s Existentialist Ethics

– Arp, Kristana. The Bonds of Freedom: Simone de Beauvoir's Existentialist Ethics. Chicago: Open Court Publishing, 2001.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir published a number of philosophical essays and novels before writing The Second Sex. The most important of these was The Ethics of Ambiguity, in which… More

Simone de Beauvoir’s Philosophy of Lived Experience: Literature and Metaphysics

– Holveck, Eleanore. Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy of Lived Experience: Literature and Metaphysics. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2002.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir developed her philosophy of lived experience as she actually wrote fiction. Hence Beauvoir should be placed among major philosophical novelists of the… 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

Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir

– Heinamaa, Sara. Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1995.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir’s Le Deuxième Sexe has been studied extensively since its appearance in 1949. Through the years, certain passages have taken on prestige;… More

The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir by Emily Grosholz

– Grosholz, Emily. The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
From the publisher: This collection of new essays treats the historical, philosophical, and literary dimensions of Simone de Beauvoir’s thought, and celebrates the 50th anniversary of… More

Manliness by Harvey Mansfield

– Mansfield, Harvey. Manliness. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2006.
Manliness by Harvey Mansfield offers an important analysis and critique of the writings of Simone de Beauvoir. From the publisher: This book invites—no, demands—a response from its… 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

What Do Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Have to Say to Us Today

– Noudelmann, François. “What Do Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Have to Say to Us Today?” Diogenes, 54(216): 35–39, 2007.
Abstract: Sartre’s thought and practice cannot be separated from the experience of the Second World War. Emerging from the war, Sartre formed the idea that the human comes forth out… 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

The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir by Penelope Deutscher

– Deutscher, Penelope. The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
From the publisher: Studies of Simone de Beauvoir have mostly concentrated on her literature, her life, and her famous 1949 work, The Second Sex, and the continued emphasis has been on… 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

Beauvoir & Sartre: The Riddle of Influence

– Daigle, Christine, and Golomb, Jacob (eds.). Beauvoir & Sartre: The Riddle of Influence. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009.
From the publisher: While many scholars consider Simone de Beauvoir an important philosopher in her own right, thorny issues of mutual influence between her thought and that of Jean-Paul… More

Simone de Beauvoir Today

– Simone de Beauvoir Today.  Duke Univeristy.  September 23, 2011.
The symposium, held at Duke University in September 23, 2011, commemorated the 25th death anniversary of 20th century’s leading feminist theorist and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir… More

Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity

– Kruks, Sonia. Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
From the publisher: Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity is the first full-length study of Beauvoir’s political thinking. Best known as the author of The Second Sex,… More