Eleanore Holveck

Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy of Lived Experience

Literature and Metaphysics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy of Lived Experience, Eleanore Holveck presents Simone de Beauvoir's theory of literature and metaphysics, including its relationship to the philosophers Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Immanuel Kant, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Jean-Paul Sartre, with references to the literary tradition of Goethe, Maurice Barr s, Arthur Rimbaud, Andr Breton, and Paul Nizan. The book provides a detailed philosophical analysis of Beauvoir's early short stories and several major novels, including The Mandarins and L'invit e.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 149mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780742513365
• ISBN-10: 074251336X
• Artikelnr.: 21408513

Autorenporträt

Eleanore Holveck is associate professor and former chair of the Philosophy Department at Duquesne University. She has written extensively on the philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Can a Woman Be a Philosopher? Reflections of a
Beauvoirian Housemaid Chapter 3 Simone de Beauvoir on Literature and
Philosophy: Influences and Contemporaries-Husserl, Merleau-Ponty,
Heidegger, Baruzi, Sartre, and Nizan Chapter 4 Marguerite's Choice against
the Spiritual Life: From the Eternal Feminine to the Platinum Blonde
Chapter 5 She Came to Stay: Beauvoir's Place in the Philosophical Tradition
of Kant, Brenton, Husserl, and Hegel Chapter 6 The Blood of Others: A Novel
Approach to The Ethics of Ambiguity Chapter 7 The Second Sex: European
Science and Woman's Lived Experience Chapter 8 The Mandarins: Lying to Save
the Life of an Irresponsible Fashion Model or Why Can't a Woman Lie like a
Man? Chapter 9 The Other Woman: Simone de Beauvoir and Toni Morrison Sing
the Blues Chapter 10 Bibliography Chapter 11 Index