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In this study Helene Peters brings into view the ethical forces at the basis of French existentialism. She shows how they inflect literature, politics, and philosophy, and in turn how they inform current social problems we face today. The book brings us back to the origins of French feminism. It shows that the human condition, if it is to be improved, depends on commitment to our world. Professor Peters tells us, men and women alike, that everywhere in our daily lives we must cope with and work through issues of sexual difference. Her book inspires and guides scholars, teachers and students of every stripe. It is a welcome and enthusing study of praxis and 'engagement'. (Tom Conley, University of Minnesota)

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The Author: Helene Peters, educator, author, lecturer, and world traveller, was reared and educated on three continents (Egypt, France, and the United States). She received her M.A. in English from the University of Toulouse, and her Ph.D. in French from the University of Minnesota. She has dedicated herself to the advancement of cross-cultural understanding between France and the United States. Dr. Peters has authored many articles on contemporary France, on French women, and on existential literature (La Femme dans la litterature existentielle). The French Government awarded her with the rank of Officier de l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques.

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