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<i>The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance</i> (review)

The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance (review) bo ok r ev ie w s Penelope Deutscher The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 199pp. ISBN 978-0-521-88520-1 Debr a Bergoffen Penelope Deutscher’s The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance is an important contribution to our understanding of Beauvoir in t wo respects. First, her innovative reading of Beauvoir’s well- known and less-cited texts gives us a complex Beauvoir who, though drawing on the existential and phenomenological traditions, cannot be confined within the existential and phenomenological fields. Second, in critiquing Beauvoir as we would critique any philosopher—unapologetically—Deutscher makes it clear that such criticism poses no threat to Beauvoir’s philosophical status. Further in directing her attention to those who influenced Beauvoir without fear that this will compromise Beauvoir’s status as a philosopher, Deutscher signals Beauvoir’s coming of age as a philosopher; for she shows us that the space around Beauvoir is now philosophically secure. Deutscher is not alone in securing Beauvoir’s philosophical place. Nor is she alone in stepping into it. She stands out, however, in showing us how best to use it. Deutscher reads Beauvoir as an ethical theorist who, from the beginning to the end of her philosophical http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png philoSOPHIA State University of New York Press

<i>The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance</i> (review)

Bergoffen, Debra B.
philoSOPHIA , Volume 1 (2) – Jun 5, 2012
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bo ok r ev ie w s Penelope Deutscher The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 199pp. ISBN 978-0-521-88520-1 Debr a Bergoffen Penelope Deutscher’s The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance is an important contribution to our understanding of Beauvoir in t wo respects. First, her innovative reading of Beauvoir’s well- known and less-cited texts gives us a complex Beauvoir who, though drawing on the existential and phenomenological traditions, cannot be confined within the existential and phenomenological fields. Second, in critiquing Beauvoir as we would critique any philosopher—unapologetically—Deutscher makes it clear that such criticism poses no threat to Beauvoir’s philosophical status. Further in directing her attention to those who influenced Beauvoir without fear that this will compromise Beauvoir’s status as a philosopher, Deutscher signals Beauvoir’s coming of age as a philosopher; for she shows us that the space around Beauvoir is now philosophically secure. Deutscher is not alone in securing Beauvoir’s philosophical place. Nor is she alone in stepping into it. She stands out, however, in showing us how best to use it. Deutscher reads Beauvoir as an ethical theorist who, from the beginning to the end of her philosophical

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