Le Deuxième Sexe

Le Deuxième Sexe
Author: Simone de Beauvoir
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 791
Release: 1989
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0679724516

The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.

The Independent Woman

The Independent Woman
Author: Simone De Beauvoir
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2018-11-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0525563415

“Like man, woman is a human being.” When The Second Sex was first published in Paris in 1949—groundbreaking, risqué, brilliantly written and strikingly modern—it provoked both outrage and inspiration. The Independent Woman contains three key chapters of Beauvoir’s masterwork, which illuminate the feminine condition and identify practical social reforms for gender equality. It captures the essence of the spirited manifesto that switched on light bulbs in the heads of a generation of women and continues to exert profound influence on feminists today.

Simone de Beauvoir's Little Book of Selected Quotes

Simone de Beauvoir's Little Book of Selected Quotes
Author: Lumière Publishing
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2021-09-30
Genre:
ISBN:

"To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love." -- Simone de Beauvoir Selected Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir now at your fingertips Perfect for casual reading, taking ideas, inspiration Makes for a unique gift choice "To be feminist doesn't mean simply to do nothing, to reduce yourself to total impotence under the pretext of refusing masculine values. There is a problematic, a very difficult dialectic between accepting power and refusing it, accepting certain masculine values, and wanting to transform them. I think it's worth a try." Simone de Beauvoir

Letters to Sartre

Letters to Sartre
Author: Simone de Beauvoir
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2012-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1611454980

In these letters, de Beauvoir tells Sartre everything, tracing the extraordinary complications of their triangular love life; they reveal her not only as manipulative and dependent, but also as vulnerable, passionate, jealous, and...

Simone de Beauvoir (Little People, Big Dream)

Simone de Beauvoir (Little People, Big Dream)
Author: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2018-09-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1786032937

New in the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Simone de Beauvoir, the great French philosopher and mother of feminism. When Simone de Beauvoir was a little girl, her father would proudly boast that she had the brain of a man--whatever that meant. But later, after years of studying, Simone would write a book that challenged the role of women in society, sending shock waves around the world. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the philosopher's life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover and paperback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!

Simone de Beauvoir (Life & Times)

Simone de Beauvoir (Life & Times)
Author: Lisa Appignanesi
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781904950097

Born in 1908, Simone de Beauvoir was a brilliant scholar and novelist, leading member of the existentialist movement and a committed socialist and feminist. Raised in a stiflingly respectable environment, as a young woman she totally rejected her parentsâ values and embarked on her literary career. With Jean-Paul Sartre she formed a unique relationship, which she described as âThe one undoubted success in my lifeâ. Later in life she was committed to achieving radical social and political change, but it was writing that gave meaning to her life; above everything, she valued her own intellectual audience.

The Ethics of Ambiguity

The Ethics of Ambiguity
Author: Simone de Beauvoir
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2018-05-08
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1504054210

From the groundbreaking author of The Second Sex comes a radical argument for ethical responsibility and freedom. In this classic introduction to existentialist thought, French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir’s The Ethics of Ambiguity simultaneously pays homage to and grapples with her French contemporaries, philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, by arguing that the freedoms in existentialism carry with them certain ethical responsibilities. De Beauvoir outlines a series of “ways of being” (the adventurer, the passionate person, the lover, the artist, and the intellectual), each of which overcomes the former’s deficiencies, and therefore can live up to the responsibilities of freedom. Ultimately, de Beauvoir argues that in order to achieve true freedom, one must battle against the choices and activities of those who suppress it. The Ethics of Ambiguity is the book that launched Simone de Beauvoir’s feminist and existential philosophy. It remains a concise yet thorough examination of existence and what it means to be human.

The Woman Destroyed

The Woman Destroyed
Author: Simone De Beauvoir
Publisher: Pantheon
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2013-01-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307832171

One of the most influential thinkers of her generation draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises in these three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (The Sunday Herald Times). Suffused with de Beauvoir’s remarkable insights into women, The Woman Destroyed gives us a legendary writer at her best. Includes "The Age of Discretion," "The Monologue," and "The Woman Destroyed." "Witty, immensely adroit...These three women are believable individuals presented with a wry mixture of sympathy and exasperation." —The Atlantic

America Day by Day

America Day by Day
Author: Simone de Beauvoir
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2000-03-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780520210677

A portrait of 1940s America by a French writer, eg. "The constipated girl smiles a loving smile at the lemon juice that relieves her intestines. In the subway, in the streets, on magazine pages, these smiles pursue me like obsessions. I read on a sign in a drugstore, 'Not to grin is a sin.' Everyone obeys the order, the system. 'Cheer up! Take it easy.' Optimism is necessary for the country's social peace and economic prosperity."