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ISBN: 030727778X

ISBN13: 9780307277787

The Second Sex

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Item: The Second Sex
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(Part of the Le deuxième sexe Series)

By Simone de Beauvoir

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Book Overview

The essential masterwork that has provoked and inspired generations of men and women. "From Eve's apple to Virginia Woolf's room of her own, Beauvoir's treatise remains an essential rallying point, urging self-sufficiency and offering the fruit of knowledge." --Vogue

This unabridged edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were cut in the first English translation. Vital and groundbreaking, Beauvoir's pioneering and impressive text remains as pertinent today as when it was first published, and will continue to provoke and inspire generations of men and women to come.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:030727778X

ISBN13:9780307277787

Release Date:May 2011

Publisher:Vintage

Length:832 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory Education & Reference Existentialism Feminist Theory History & Criticism Literature & Fiction Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Women Women's Studies World Literature

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Stunned

By Thriftbooks.com User, July 26, 2005

I am staggered that the two "Spotlight Reviews" of this book revolve around the book being "dated." Maybe it's just where I'm from. Maybe things are radically different elsewhere in the country and the world, but most of Beauvoir's words still ring true, perhaps not to the same degree as it was in the 1950s and 1960s, but true nonetheless. We, as a society, have progressed, but perhaps not so far as some would have us believe...

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A must for any philosopher and feminist

By Thriftbooks.com User, January 23, 2000

Simone De Beauvoir's book is the starting-point for any study of feminist theory. As part of the existentialist school of thought, the book explores why woman is the Other in society. While a few sections of this book are horribly dated (e.g. Part II - History), De Beauvoir's mamoth work initiates almost every debate waged within feminist thought up to the present day. She tackles burning debates concerning woman's biology,...

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