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Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self : Philosophy Becomes Autobiography (Contributions in Philosophy)
Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self Philosophy Becomes Autobiography - Contributions in Philosophy Author:Jo-Ann Pilardi The development of Simone de Beauvoir's notion of self in both her philosophical and autobiographical writings is analyzed in this volume. Two ideas of the self are isolated: the existential notion of the self and the "gendered self," which she developed in The Second Sex, and which represents a major departure from existential philosophy. Begin... more »ning with a study of her early essays, the author proceeds to discuss Beauvoir's major philosophical works and her autobiographical writings where three personae emerge -- the child, the woman in love, and the writer. This analysis highlights the innovative quality of Beauvoir's thought. It also shows that writing an autobiography can be a philosophically inventive enterprise and one in which Beauvoir created her most profound analysis of the self.« less