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The Existential Phenomenology of Simone de Beauvoir (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
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The Existential Phenomenology of Simone de Beauvoir (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
Series: Contributions to Phenomenology, 43
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This volume stems chiefly from a research symposiumofthe same title
held in Delray Beach, Florida during May 1997 with the sponsorship
of Florida Atlantic University and the Center for Advanced Research
in Phenomenology, Inc.The papers from that occasionhave been
revised inthe lightofcriticismbysympatheticcolleagues. Onepaperthat
waspresentedhas notbeen includedandtwohavebeen added,
thatoftheFullbrooks, whichwas prepared for the symposium but could
not be presented, and that by Ms. Sarah Miller because life in
South Floridaprevents one from forgetting old age, whichSimone
deBeauvoirwasthefirstinphenomenologytodescribeat
length.ProfessorToadvine'sbibliography
wasavailablefromtheoutsetofthe project and was then used and
praised by all. The colleagues included here and also Professor
Dorothy Leland are thanked for their sympathetic participation in
the symposium. Mr. Samuel Julian is thanked for the technical
editing ofthis volume. Wendy O'Brien Lester Embree VB Introduction
Wendy O'Brien Humber College Early
studiesofthephilosophyofSimonedeBeauvoirreadherworks through the
lensofeitherFeminismorExistentialism.Whilebothofthesereadingsof her
writings have afforded important insights into her thought, they
have at the same time overlooked the basic approachofher
philosophy, resulting in claims of inconsistencies and of a lack of
rigor. Feminist theorists, for example, found an
importantpoliticalagendainBeauvoir'swork. However, with their focus
on this elementofher writing, they tended to overlook the
philosophicalunderpinningsofherreflectionsonthe livesofwomen. Read
as such, Beauvoirhasbeencriticizedbyher contemporariesforthe
incoherence in her work and for her failure to presentpositive role
models for women in her novels, essays, and studies.
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