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 Beauvoirâs thoughts while illuminating the people and ideas swirling around her. The pages offer rare insights into Beauvoirâs intellectual development; her early experiences with love, desire, and freedom; and relationships with friends like Ălisabeth âZazaâ Lacoin, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It also presents Beauvoirâs shocking account of Jean-Paul Sartreâs sexual assault of her during their first sexual encounter--a revelation certain to transform views of her life and philosophy. In addition, the editors include a wealth of important supplementary material. Barbara Klaw provides a detailed consideration of the Diaryâs role in the development of Beauvoirâs writing style by exploring her use of metanarrative and other literary techniques, part of a process of literary creation that saw Beauvoir use the notebooks to cultivate her talent. Margaret A. Simonsâs essay places the assault by Sartre within an appraisal of Beauvoirâs complicated legacy for #MeToo while suggesting readers engage with the diary through the lens of trauma.
Diary of a Philosophy Student - Simone de Beauvoir, Barbara Klaw, Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir & Margaret A. Simons
By Simone de Beauvoir, Barbara Klaw, Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir & Margaret A. Simons
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 Beauvoirâs thoughts while illuminating the people and ideas swirling around her. The pages offer rare insights into Beauvoirâs intellectual development; her early experiences with love, desire, and freedom; and relationships with friends like Ălisabeth âZazaâ Lacoin, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It also presents Beauvoirâs shocking account of Jean-Paul Sartreâs sexual assault of her during their first sexual encounter--a revelation certain to transform views of her life and philosophy. In addition, the editors include a wealth of important supplementary material. Barbara Klaw provides a detailed consideration of the Diaryâs role in the development of Beauvoirâs writing style by exploring her use of metanarrative and other literary techniques, part of a process of literary creation that saw Beauvoir use the notebooks to cultivate her talent. Margaret A. Simonsâs essay places the assault by Sartre within an appraisal of Beauvoirâs complicated legacy for #MeToo while suggesting readers engage with the diary through the lens of trauma.
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