Becoming Beauvoir：A Life
内容简介
“One is not born a woman, but becomes one”, Simone de Beauvoir
A symbol of liberated womanhood, Simone de Beauvoir's unconventional relationships inspired and scandalised her generation. A philosopher, writer, and feminist icon, she won prestigious literary prizes and transformed the way we think about gender with The Second Sex. But despite her successes, she wondered if she had sold herself short.
Her liaison with Jean-Paul Sartre has been billed as one of the most legendary love affairs of the twentieth century. But for Beauvoir it came at a cost: for decades she was dismissed as an unoriginal thinker who 'applied' Sartre's ideas. In recent years new material has come to light revealing the ingenuity of Beauvoir's own philosophy and the importance of other lovers in her life.
This ground-breaking biography draws on never-before-published diaries and letters to tell the fascinating story of how Simone de Beauvoir became herself.
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作者简介
Kate Kirkpatrick is Lecturer in Religion, Philosophy and Culture at King's College London, UK. She is the author of several books on Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.
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目录
Abbreviations of Beauvoir's Works
Introduction: Simone de Beauvoir-Who's She?
1. Growing like a girl
2. The dutiful daughter
3. Lover of God or lover of men?
4. The love before the legend
5. The Valkyrie and the Playboy
6. Rooms of her own
7. The trio that was a quartet
8. War within, war without
9. Forgotten philosophy
10. Queen of existentialism
11. American dilemmas
12. The scandalous Second Sex
13. Putting a new face on love
14. Feeling gypped
15. Old age revealed
16. The dying of the light
17. Afterwords: What will become of Simone de Beauvoir?
Select Bibliography
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读书文摘
乔在自己的姐妹中并不是最漂亮的，也不是最善良的，但是她对于学习的热情和写作的欲望，在年少的波伏娃看来，简直就像是灯塔一般照耀着她。
她也惊讶地发现自己想要成为的样子，并不是家里人所期待的。她不明白为什么曾经鼓励她阅读和质疑的父母，现在却要求她停止思考，放弃阅读，不再提问。
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