- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Open Court (Aug 29 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0812694422
- ISBN-13: 978-0812694420
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.4 x 0.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,003,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Simone de Beauvoir was one of the most famous female intellectuals of the twentieth century. Although she was one of the first women to receive a higher degree in philosophy in France and even taught philosophy for a number of years, she is not generally known as a philosopher.
However, Beauvoir published a number of philosophical novels and essays before she wrote her feminist masterwork The Second Sex. One of her most important contributions to philosophy was a distinctive existential ethics that—unlike the systems developed by her companion Jean Paul Sartre and other existential philosophers—is both practical and philosophically consistent. Paying special attention to Beauvoir’s The Ethics of Ambiguity, Arp places Beavoir’s ethics within the larger context of her other writings and political views, providing the first balanced portrait of her intellectual legacy and her importance as a philosopher.
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Kristana Arp, Chair of the Philosophy Department of Long Island University, is a member of the Editorial Board for The Beauvoir Series of Indiana University Press, on the Board of Directors for the Simone de Beauvoir Circle, and the founding member of the New York Society for Women in Philosophy. She has published essays in journals including Philosophy Today, International Studies in Philosophy, and American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Feminism.
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A clear and engaging discussion, April 28 2010
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Ce commentaire est de: The Bonds Of Freedom: Simone De Beauvoir's Existentialist Ethics (Paperback)
This is a very clear, compact, and thorough analysis of de Beauvoir's often-neglected contribution to existentialist thought and to ethics. Although the primary audience appears to be academic, the writing is accessible to the non-specialist. The organization of the book istransparent throughout, and it does not assume close familiarity with de Beauvoir's life and writings. For those, like me, interested in feminist thought, ethics, existentialism, and the legacy of de Beauvoir's thought, this is a reader-friendly guide to one of her most importantand least understood contributions, still very relevant today. The author does a commendable and quite untechnical job of discussing the sources of de Beauvoir's thought, and the uniqueness of her contribution. This is by no means an uncritical analysis, but engagingly appreciative of de Beauvoir's accomplishments. Among the many books about de Beauvoir's philosophy, this stands out as a brief, clear, well-documented analysis which cites original sources in a manner helpful to the reader, whatever one's familiarity with those sources. This is a carefully argued and well-constructed book, which rewards the reader with broad insights as well as detailed examination. The contemporary relevance of the issues are never far from de Beauvoir's mind, nor from the author's. Kristana Arp's book is insightful, accessible, and deserves a wide reading.
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