Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography (Contributions in...
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Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography (Contributions in Philosophy)
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ISBN: 0313302537
Author: Pilardi, Jo-Ann
Condition: New
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 are isolated: the existential notion of the self and the gendered self, which she developed in The Second Sex, and which represents a major departure from existential philosophy. Beginning with a study of her early essays, the author proceeds to discuss Beauvoir's major philosophical works and her autobiographical writings where three personae emerge-the child, the woman in love, and the writer. This analysis highlights the innovative quality of Beauvoir's thought. It also shows that writing an autobiography can be a philosophically inventive enterprise and one in which Beauvoir created her most profound analysis of the self.
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