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Views of women and men in the work of Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir occupies, and deservedly so, a central place in the history of feminism. The Second Sex, published in 1949, is a classic study of the status of women and the causes of their subordination in all aspects of social tile. Her other works, which include novels, essays on existential philosophy, a four-volume autobiography and a lengthy study of old age, demonstrate a capacity for intellectual breadth (and, one must add a quite monumental talent for documentation) which is comparable to that of her life long companion, Jean-Paul Sartre. Yet whilst any essay on de Beauvoir must note her considerable intellectual power and range, it is also important to examine her work more critically than has generally been the case. Accolades, particularly from feminists, have been so generously heaped on her work that some of its shortcomings have been obscured. I would like to suggest here that whilst de Beauvoir claims that much of her work is concerned with the overall condition of women, she turns away from many of the issues which are central to women's lives and in particular accords very little place in her epistemology to areas of human experience which are not immediately amenable to rational understanding. Thus in this paper I shall argue that a major weakness in de Beauvoir's work is a rejection of many of the problems which women (and indeed men) face and a failure to acknowledge that the actions of both sexes are often motivated by needs and desires which, although frequently explained and rationalized from the conscious mind, do not always derive from it. • In a relatively short space it is impossible to do more than summarize and indicate the work of a prolific writer whose career has now spanned almost 40 years° De Beauvoir was born in 1908, the elder daughter of a lawyer, whose fortunes became progressively worse during his daughter's childhood and adolescence. A limited secondary education at a Catholic girls' school was followed by the study of philosophy at the Sorbonne, where at the age of 21 she received her degree and almost immediately afterwards the agrdgation, the coveted qualification allowing her to teach in lyc6es and universities. De Beauvoir's earliest published works did not, however, follow rapidly upon her brilliant academic career: she graduated from the Sorbonne in 1929, but her first novel (She Came to Stay) did not appear until 1943. It was rapidly followed by other works: two more novels (The Blood of Others, published in 1945 and All Men are Mortal, published in 1947) and two essays on existential philosophy (Pyrrhus et Cindas and Pour Une Morale de 'l'Ambiguitg)o But t~e two works which brought her lasting, and international, fame were The Second Sex and The Mandarins (the latter published in 1954 and for which she won the Prix Goncourt). In the 1950s and 1960s she wrote further novels, but increasingly she turned away from fiction to non-fiction: four volumes

Pour Une Psychiatrie Communautaire

Family ProcessVolume 10, Issue 4 p. 492-494 Pour Une Psychiatrie Communautaire THERESE NAMENEK DPP, THERESE NAMENEK DPP Oklahoma City, OklahomaSearch for more papers by this author THERESE NAMENEK DPP, THERESE NAMENEK DPP Oklahoma City, OklahomaSearch for more papers by this author First published: December 1971 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1971.491_2.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume10, Issue4December 1971Pages 492-494 RelatedInformation

Marc Bloch and the Logic of Comparative History

This article is an attempt to set forth the logic of the comparative method and to indicate how this method can be used in historical research. It is based on an examination of the works of Marc Bloch, who was one of the most eminent craftsmen ever to work in the genre of comparative history, and whose article published in 1928 under the title Pour une histoire comparee des societies europeenes' is still one of the most intelligent and compelling theoretical treatments of the subject. Because of Bloch's wide range of interests and his sensitivity to philosophical and theoretical problems of history, his work raises many of the important questions about the nature, uses, and limits of comparative history.

POUR UNE SIMPLIFICATION ET UNE NORMALISATION DES DIAGNOSES

TAXONVolume 4, Issue 4 p. 86-90 Article POUR UNE SIMPLIFICATION ET UNE NORMALISATION DES DIAGNOSES H. RABECHAULT, H. RABECHAULT Le Perreux-sur-MarneSearch for more papers by this author H. RABECHAULT, H. RABECHAULT Le Perreux-sur-MarneSearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1955 https://doi.org/10.2307/1217775Citations: 1AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume4, Issue4June 1955Pages 86-90 RelatedInformation

POUR UNE AGRÉGATION FRANCO‐MODERNE*

The Modern Language JournalVolume 22, Issue 3 p. 227-228 POUR UNE AGRÉGATION FRANCO-MODERNE* L. Cazamian, L. CazamianSearch for more papers by this author L. Cazamian, L. CazamianSearch for more papers by this author First published: December 1937 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4781.1937.tb00593.x † An extract from an article by Professor Cazamian published in Les langues modernes (Juin-Juillet, 1937). AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume22, Issue3December 1937Pages 227-228 RelatedInformation