Simone de Beauvoir's feminist classic, The Second Sex, was often read as an application of Sartrean existentialism, and therefore, dismissed as unoriginal. I want to know if de Beauvoir ever tried to defend her originality.
2007-05-17 08:40:20 · 3 answers · asked by Maid Mesmera 3 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
She was often unfairly considered to be a mere disciple of Sartrean philosophy (in part, due to her own proclamations) despite the fact that many of her ideas were original and went in directions radically different than Sartre's works.
They were lovers until he died in 1980, so for many many ways, they were of one mind. I know of nothing that says she felt the need to make such a proclamation, as she herself felt lessor to his ideas in the matter.
2007-05-25 07:06:00 · answer #1 · answered by msoperfect 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
De Beauvoir was working off the ideas of Jean-Paul Sartre (and other prior existentialists). You cannot believe otherwise if you read both Being and Nothingness and The Second Sex. I don't think she would have ever denied this. That said, she took his ideas to a whole new level, out of the analytical and into the reality of human interaction in a way- I believe- Sartre was never really able to do.
2007-05-17 16:03:38 · answer #2 · answered by Emmie 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Simone de Beauvoir out "Sartred" Jean Paul Sartre. She beat Him at His own game. His work was the stepping stone, or if You prefer, foundation, for Her philosophical augments. And, when You think about it, isn't that as it should be?
2007-05-25 01:01:10 · answer #3 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋