Sex and 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, humour 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. Edward and Kate Fullbrook contend that it was de Beauvoir's demand for sexual freedom that dictated the open terms of their relationship and that it was in fact de Beauvoir who was the more powerful thinker of the two. Through a thorough examination of Sartre and de Beauvoir's major works, the authors present a compelling story of their romantic and intellectual relationships.

ISBN 1847060668   Pages 288 ISBN13 9781847060662 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.   Weight (grammes) 285 Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 129 Publication date 20 Mar 2008   Width (mm) 198 Library of Congress 2007034574   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY 194   Academic level Postgraduate DEWEY edition DC22

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.

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