Simone de Beauvoir
Interviews where books by Simone de Beauvoir were recommended
The Best Simone de Beauvoir Books, recommended by Kate Kirkpatrick
Simone de Beauvoir is remembered today as the pioneering feminist author of The Second Sex and a close companion of Jean Paul Sartre. But the scope of her intellectual contribution has long been underestimated, argues her latest biographer Kate Kirkpatrick, who offers an introduction to the landscape of Beauvoir’s works, from fiction to philosophy to life writing.
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The Philosophy of (Erotic) Love
by Edited by Robert C Solomon and Kathleen M Higgins -
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The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir -
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Tête-à-Tête: The Lives and Loves of Simone de Beauvoir & Jean-Paul Sartre
by Hazel Rowley -
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Dialogue on the Infinity of Love
by Tullia d'Aragona -
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All About Love: New Visions
by bell hooks
The best books on Philosophy of Love, recommended by Skye C Cleary
The best books on Ageing, recommended by Margaret Drabble
Is old age necessarily degrading? Should we leave home in our final years? Is there ever a good time to go? Novelist, biographer and critic Dame Margaret Drabble, now aged 80, discusses the difficult questions that arise as we age—and recommends five books that examine them in depth.
Underrated Existentialist Classics, recommended by Jonathan Webber
As questions of identity become a focus of political debate, interest in existentialism has been booming once more. Here, the philosopher Jonathan Webber discusses five classic books dealing with existentialist themes that deserve a bigger audience.