2019-07-08
17 分钟In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, Kate Kirkpatrick, author of a new biography of Beauvoir, Becoming Beauvoir, discusses the relationship between the life and work of Simone de Beauvoir. Beauvoir is often portrayed as applying Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialism to the condition of women. Is this a fair assessment? We are grateful for support from the Marc Sanders Foundation.
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The best known book of the french philosopher Simone de Beauvoir is the second sex.
Published in 1949, Beauvoir was an existentialist and a feminist.
She had a long relationship with another philosopher, Jean Paul Sartre.
That's relevant for how her work has been read.
There's a famous line in the second sex.
One is not born, but rather becomes a woman.
But is that the correct translation?
Kate Kirkpatrick has written a biography of Beauvoir and believes a study of her life can help us interpret her philosophy.
Kate Kirkpatrick, welcome to philosophy bites.