Political Writings - Couverture rigide

Beauvoir, Simone De

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0252036948 ISBN 13 : 9780252036941

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2012

Synopsis

Political Writings New translations illustrate Beauvoir's political activism Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Political Writings offers an abundance of newly translated essays by Simone de Beauvoir that demonstrate a heretofore unknown side of her political philosophy. The volume traces nearly three decades of Beauvoir's leftist political engagement, from exposes of conditions in fascist Spain and Portugal in 1945 and hard-hitting attacks on right-wing French intellectuals in the 1950s, to the 1962 defence of an Algerian freedom fighter, Djamila Boupacha, and a 1975 article arguing for what is now called the "two-state solution" in Israel. In addition, this collection includes provocative essays in which Beauvoir analyzes American politics in ways of particular interest to scholars today.

Revue de presse :

"This remarkable collection will be most surprising and provocative for thinkers yearning for a political philosophy to accompany Beauvoir's feminist and ethical philosophies. These essays, many of them appearing for the first time in English, make clear Beauvoir's turn away from the abstract philosophical thought and toward political engagement." --Kelly Oliver, author of Animal Lessons: How They Teach Us to Be Human

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0252036948
• ISBN 13: 9780252036941
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 408
• Éditeur: Simons Margaret A., Timmermann Marybeth