Sex and Philosophy: Rethinking de Beauvoir and Sartre - Couverture souple

Fullbrook, Edward

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847060668 ISBN 13 : 9781847060662

Editeur : Continuum, 2008

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir were two of the most brilliant, influential, and scandalous intellectuals of the 20th century. They are remembered as much for the lives they led as for their influence on the way we think. Their committed but notoriously open union created huge controversy in their lifetime. And even before their deaths they had become one of history's legendary couples, renowned for the passion, daring, humour and intellectual intensity of their relationship. This fascinating book presents a biography of Sartre and de Beauvoir's relationship and offers some highly original theories relating to the extent of de Beauvoir's contribution to their shared ideas. Edward and Kate Fullbrook contend that it was de Beauvoir's demand for sexual freedom that dictated the open terms of their relationship and that it was in fact de Beauvoir who was the more powerful thinker of the two. Through a thorough examination of Sartre and de Beauvoir's major works, the authors present a compelling story of their romantic and intellectual relationships.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Edward Fullbrook is a Research Fellow in Economics at the University of the West of England, UK. Together with his late wife, Kate Fullbrook, he is the co-author of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre: The Remaking of a Twentieth-Century Legend (Basic Books, 1994) and Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction (Polity, 1997).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Continuum
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1847060668
• ISBN 13: 9781847060662
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288