Philosophy as passion : the thinking of Simone de Beauvoir
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Philosophy as passion : the thinking of Simone de Beauvoir
Indiana University Press, c1996
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Filosofie als passie
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Filosofie als passie
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[193]-200) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"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 independent, original ethics and philosophy, drawing on the moral-philosophical treatises of the 1940s and '50s, "The Second Sex", "The Mandarins", and her autobiographical works. Vintges shows that Beauvoir's unique notions added an ethical dimension to existentialist philosophy. Drawing on Foucault's concept of ethics as an "art of living," Vintges shows how Beauvoir developed an individual ethic as an intellectual woman. "Philosophy as Passion" illustrates how closely Beauvoir's life and work were intertwined - how she lived her philosophy and philosophized her life.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. The Life of a Thinking Woman 3. The Second Sex and Philosophy 4. A Place For Love 5. Forms of Ethics 6. Ethics As Art of Living 7. Simone de BeauvoirOs Art of Living 8. A Philosopher as Woman 9. A Woman As Philosopher 10. Philosophy as Passion Notes Bibliography Index
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