Simone de Beauvoir: The Basics provides an accessible introduction to the life, work and ground-breaking ideas of author, philosopher, and feminist Simone de Beauvoir, and will be of value to…

First published in 1967, this book consists of three short novellas on the theme of women’s vulnerability - in the first, to the process of ageing, in the second to…

This work guides the reader through the main areas of Simone de Beauvoir’s thought, including: existentialism and ethics; gender studies and feminism; literature and autobiography; and sexuality, the body and…

Written between the age of eighteen and twenty-one, the entries in the third volume of Diary of a Philosophy Student take readers into Simone de Beauvoir's thoughts while illuminating the…

This collection of new essays treats the historical, philosophical, and literary dimensions of Simone de Beauvoir’s thought, and celebrates the 50th anniversary of her most influential book, ‘The Second Sex’.

Entre 1958 e 1972, a escritora francesa Simone de Beauvoir (1908 - 1986) lancou quatro autobiografias, nas quais narrou sua trajetoria, do nascimento a velhice. O presente livro dedica-se a…

Originally published in 1981, this was the first full-scale study of Simone de Beauvoir, surveying the whole range of her activity. A good deal of the book is devoted to…

A classic collection of critical texts on de Beauvoir’s work, as feminist, novelist and philosopher. It provides a much-needed reassessment of her place in twentieth-century culture as well as the…