Overview
Essays on Beauvoir's influences, contemporary engagements, and legacy in the philosophical tradition.
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Author: Shannon M. Mussett ,
William S. Wilkerson
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Imprint: State University of New York Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9781438444550
ISBN 10: 1438444559
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 01 December 2012
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""...these essays not only broaden our understanding of Beauvoir's philosophical work but also suggest new ways in which we can approach some of the best-known philosophers through her work; the essays are not restricted to addressing influence but further the analysis of other philosophers treated in the volume ... it is a breath of fresh air in the study of Beauvoir's thought."" - Marx and Philosophy Review of Books ""This is an excellent addition to modern-day philosophical thought."" - Portland Book Review ""This book will correct missteps in Beauvoir's interpretation, especially with respect to her relation to phenomenologists. The chief strength of the volume, though, is that most of the contributors do not restrict themselves to addressing the question of influence, but rather venture to analyze and assess the philosophical proposals found both in Beauvoir's work and in the work of the other philosophers treated in this volume."" - Mary Beth Mader, author of Sleights of Reason: Norm, Bisexuality, Development"
...these essays not only broaden our understanding of Beauvoir's philosophical work but also suggest new ways in which we can approach some of the best-known philosophers through her work; the essays are not restricted to addressing influence but further the analysis of other philosophers treated in the volume ... it is a breath of fresh air in the study of Beauvoir's thought. - Marx and Philosophy Review of Books This is an excellent addition to modern-day philosophical thought. - Portland Book Review This book will correct missteps in Beauvoir's interpretation, especially with respect to her relation to phenomenologists. The chief strength of the volume, though, is that most of the contributors do not restrict themselves to addressing the question of influence, but rather venture to analyze and assess the philosophical proposals found both in Beauvoir's work and in the work of the other philosophers treated in this volume. - Mary Beth Mader, author of Sleights of Reason: Norm, Bisexuality, Development
This is an excellent addition to modern-day philosophical thought. - Portland Book Review This book will correct missteps in Beauvoir's interpretation, especially with respect to her relation to phenomenologists. The chief strength of the volume, though, is that most of the contributors do not restrict themselves to addressing the question of influence, but rather venture to analyze and assess the philosophical proposals found both in Beauvoir's work and in the work of the other philosophers treated in this volume. - Mary Beth Mader, author of Sleights of Reason: Norm, Bisexuality, Development
Author Information
Shannon M. Mussett is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Utah Valley University. She is the coeditor (with Sally J. Scholz) of The Contradictions of Freedom: Philosophical Essays on Simone de Beauvoir's The Mandarins, also published by SUNY Press. William S. Wilkerson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is the author of Ambiguity and Sexuality: A Theory of Sexual Identity and the coeditor (with Jeffrey Paris) of New Critical Theory: Essays on Liberation.
