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Beauvoir and Politics: A Toolkit
Beauvoir and Politics: A Toolkit
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Beauvoir and Politics: A Toolkit utilizes Simone de Beauvoir's feminism and social commentary to understand current crises, such as gender studies, political philosophy, decolonization, intellectual history, age theory, and critical phenomenology. It explores how her notion of ambiguity speaks to lived experiences, myths, collective identities, and political strategies to challenge gendered and racialized systems of oppression. The book is relevant to undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in engaging with Beauvoir's work and applying her ideas to contemporary issues.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 234 pages
Publication date: 30 October 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Approaching Simone de Beauvoir's feminism and social commentary as a resource to understand our current crises, Beauvoir and Politics: A Toolkit brings together established and emerging scholars to apply her insights to gender studies, political philosophy, decolonization, intellectual history, age theory, and critical phenomenology. The essays in this collection start from key concepts in Beauvoir's oeuvre and relate them to contemporary debates, asking how her notion of ambiguity speaks to lived experiences that have been highly politicized in recent years, such as pregnancy, old age, sexual violence, and the exposure of black and brown bodies to police violence; how myths inform our notions of collective, national identities, as well as notions of masculinity and femininity; and how she provides conceptual tools that help to theorize the various political strategies that are used to challenge gendered and racialized systems of oppression. These and other issues are central to this critical appraisal of Beauvoir's legacy, demonstrating the contemporary relevance of her thought as it diagnoses the present and looks toward change for a better future. This book will be of great interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students looking to engage with the political content of Simone de Beauvoir's work and the timely application of her ideas.
Weight: 368g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032431918
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