Simone De Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment

Klappentext This book was the first full-scale study of Simone de Beauvoir, surveying the whole range of her activity. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1981! this was the first full-scale study of Simone de Beauvoir! surveying the whole range of her activity. A good deal of the book is devoted to a biographical study! while the author examines commitment as embodied in Simone de Beauvoir's ethics! politics! writings! and feminism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Biographical notes; Introduction; 1. From apoliticism to involvement; 2. Freedom and responsibility; 3. Where ethics and politics meet; 4. Possibilities for action: I The theory; 5. Possibilities for action: II The practice; 6. Engagement as philanthropy; Concluding remarks; Summaries of Simone de Beauvoir's fictional works; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Whitmarsh, Whitmarsh Anne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.2010
• EAN: 9780521155304
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15530-4
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, Italy, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form