{"product_id":"simone-de-beauvoir-philosophy-and-nancy-bauer-9780231116657","title":"Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, and Feminism","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex, \u003c\/i\u003e Simone de Beauvoir notes that \"a man never begins by establishing himself as an individual of a certain sex: his being a man poses no problem.\" Nancy Bauer begins her book by asking: \"Then what kind of a problem does being a woman pose?\" Bauer's aim is to show that in answering this question \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e dramatizes the extent to which being a woman poses a philosophical problem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is a call for philosophers as well as feminists to turn, or return to, \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex.\u003c\/i\u003e Bauer shows that Beauvoir's magnum opus, written a quarter-century before the development of contemporary feminist philosophy, constitutes a meditation on the relationship between women and philosophy that remains profoundly undervalued. She argues that the extraordinary effect \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e has had on women's lives, then and now, can be traced to Beauvoir's discovery of a new way to philosophize--a way grounded in her identity as a woman. In offering a new interpretation of \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex, \u003c\/i\u003e Bauer shows how philosophy can be politically productive for women while remaining genuinely philosophical.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Bauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231116659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231116657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.04w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2002 pg. 893","brand":"Nancy Bauer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056684265727,"sku":"9780231116657","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81ecb6f5-d185-49ad-916f-039215ce66aa.jpg?v=1685042688","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/simone-de-beauvoir-philosophy-and-nancy-bauer-9780231116657","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}