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Rethinking Beauvoir.

  • Published In: Sartre Studies International, 2024, v. 30, n. 1. P. 31 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Kirkpatrick, Kate 3 of 3

Abstract

I have been invited to respond to Rethinking Existentialism's engagement with the work of Simone de Beauvoir, and I do so in three parts. First, I introduce Webber's Beauvoir, moral theorist, and raise some textual and conceptual objections to his argument for a 'categorical imperative for authenticity' in Chapter 10. Second, I turn to historical and conceptual challenges to Webber's definition of existentialism, including meta-philosophical questions about his use of literature in general and Beauvoir's novel She Came to Stay in particular. Finally, I conclude with a trio of broad questions relating to what I will call the 'missing materiality' in Webber's Beauvoir: Where's the ambiguity? Where's the tragedy? Where's the tension? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Sartre Studies International. 2024/06, Vol. 30, Issue 1, p31
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:1357-1559
  • DOI:10.3167/ssi.2024.300105
  • Accession Number:181832009
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