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An Analysis of Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex (Hardcover)
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An Analysis of Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex (Hardcover)
Series: The Macat Library
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Simone de Beauvoir's 1949 book The Second Sex is a masterpiece of
feminist criticism and philosophy. An incendiary take on the place
of women in post-war French society, it helped define major trends
in feminist thought for the rest of the 20th century, and its
influence is still felt today. The book's success owes much to
Beauvoir's brilliant writing style and passion, but both are rooted
in the clarity of her critical thinking skills. She builds a strong
argument against the silent assumptions that continually demoted
(and still demote) women to "second place" in a society dominated
by men. Beauvoir also demonstrates the central skills of reasoning
at their best: presenting a persuasive case, organising her
thoughts, and supporting her conclusions. Above all, though, The
Second Sex is a masterclass in analysis. Treating the structures of
contemporary society and culture as a series of arguments that tend
continuously to demote women, Beauvoir is able to isolate and
describe the implicit assumptions that underpin male domination.
Her demolition of these assumptions provides the crucial ammunition
for her argument that women are in no way the "second" sex, but are
in every way the equal of men.
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