Edward Fullbrook: Sex and Philosophy

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From the author's introduction:As the Sartre-Beauvoir story developed and became part of contemporary mythology, it was increasingly filtered through two presumptions regarding the nature of the partnership. One concerned sex, the other philosophy. The classic view of Beauvoir, encouraged by her own writing and by Sartre's acquiescence, has been one of Sartre as womanizer and Beauvoir as the patient, loyal female victim. The legend also consistently portrayed Beauvoir as the midwife of Sartre's philosophy rather than a thinker in her own right, encouraging the view that her philosophical writings were mere echoes of the thoughts of her man. But over the past 25 years big chunks of documentary evidence have become public which show that both of these traditional interpretations of the Sartre-Beauvoir story are profoundly false. It is now clear, as this book explains, that it was Beauvoir's demand for sexual freedom that dictated the open terms of their relationship and that it fell to Sartre at least as often as to Beauvoir to perform the role of midwife for the other's philosophy.
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, humor 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. Through a thorough examination of Sartre and de Beauvoir's major works, the authors present a compelling story of their romantic and intellectual relationships.

Über den Autor

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).

Zusammenfassung

Edward and Kate Fullbrook have a high international profile among Sartre and de Beauvoir scholars - this book brings together their sometimes controversial ideas and new supporting evidence that has emerged in this area over the last few years.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Sartre and Beauvoir
1. Final Exams
2. Courtship and Union
3. Carousing
4. Would-be Authors
5. More Carousing
6. The Family Jewels
7. The 'Lost' Letters
Part II: Sartre or Beauvoir?
8. A 'Preposterous' Thesis
9. Two Beginnings, One Philosophy
10. Whose Ethics?
11. The Absence of Beauvoir
12. Beauvoir in the Intellectual Marketplace
Part III: Beauvoir and Beauvoir
13. Gender and Method
14. Gender and Ethics
15. The Second Sex
16. The Second Sex and the Genre Trap

Bibliography: Jean-Paul Sartre

Bibliography: Simone de Beauvoir

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781847060662
ISBN-10:	1847060668
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Fullbrook, Edward Fullbrook, Kate
Hersteller:	Continnuum-3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	198 x 129 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Edward Fullbrook (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.04.2008
Gewicht:	0,309 kg