{"product_id":"simone-de-beauvoir-and-the-limits-of-commitment-paperback-9780521155304","title":"Simone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment (Paperback) 9780521155304","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSimone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book was the first full-scale study of Simone de Beauvoir, surveying the whole range of her activity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnne Whitmarsh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521155304, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSimone de Beauvoir, whose name is inextricably linked with that of Jean-Paul Sartre, became famous as a leader of the existentialist movement and as a member of a coterie of influential left-wing intellectuals in postwar France. Latterly, however, she was perhaps best known as a leading advocate of feminism. Originally published in 1981, this was the first full-scale study of Simone de Beauvoir. The focus is the key existentialist concept of commitment (engagement), which is central to her thought, and its translation into action. Thus, 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. Apart from considering the whole span of  her life and work, the book is important in the way it draws on a number of press interviews and other direct statements rather than the literary work only.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Biographical notes\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. From apoliticism to involvement\u003cbr\u003e 2. Freedom and responsibility\u003cbr\u003e 3. Where ethics and politics meet\u003cbr\u003e 4. Possibilities for action: I The theory\u003cbr\u003e 5. Possibilities for action: II The practice\u003cbr\u003e 6. Engagement as philanthropy\u003cbr\u003e Concluding remarks\u003cbr\u003e Summaries of Simone de Beauvoir's fictional works\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000296919320,"sku":"9780521155304","price":26.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521155304i_65416bce-c27f-4be3-a88b-e112060d7d40.jpg?v=1691372748","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/simone-de-beauvoir-and-the-limits-of-commitment-paperback-9780521155304","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}