{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-simone-de-beauvoir-ambiguity-conversion-resistance-hardback-9780521885201","title":"The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir; Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance (Hardback) 9780521885201","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAmbiguity, Conversion, Resistance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of Beauvoir's work on 'otherness' through the concepts of gender, race, and ageing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePenelope Deutscher (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521885201, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 August 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e222 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 1.8 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… Deutscher elegantly unpicks some of the assumptions behind Beauvoir's work … The case which [she] argues here is both powerful and very subtle and she is able to bring together the various strands in Beauvoir's work in a way which is extremely helpful and illuminating. … little to fault … Penelope Deutscher has made a very considerable contribution to scholarship about Beauvoir.' Marx and Philosophy Review of Books\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eStudies of Simone de Beauvoir have mostly concentrated on her literature, her life, and her famous 1949 work, The Second Sex, and the continued emphasis has been on Beauvoir's views on gender. The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir places her theory of women's 'otherness' in the context of a number of contemporary theories on a similar subject. While gender takes its place among these, Professor Deutscher counterbalances its grip on our memory of Beauvoir's ideas by situating it in the context of our relationship to ageing, to generational difference, and to race and cultural difference. By differentiating the many aspects of 'otherness', Beauvoir revisited some of the concepts of reciprocity, ambiguity, and ethics for which she is best remembered.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Simone de Beauvoir's conversions\u003cbr\u003e 1. Conversions of ambiguity\u003cbr\u003e 2. American bad faith\u003cbr\u003e 3. Conversions of repetition\u003cbr\u003e 4. Conversions of alterity: race, sex, age\u003cbr\u003e 5. Conversions of reciprocity\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\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":46004650606872,"sku":"9780521885201","price":83.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521885201i_66c791d7-b7d6-4741-b043-11d07d3bccb6.jpg?v=1691358867","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-philosophy-of-simone-de-beauvoir-ambiguity-conversion-resistance-hardback-9780521885201","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}