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The Second Sex: Combined Volumes Author: Simone de Beauvoir Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House
The Second Sex: Combined Volumes Author: Simone de Beauvoir Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
The subtitle of "The Second Sex I" is "Facts and Myths". Starting from the perspectives of biology, psychoanalysis and historical materialism on women, the author analyzes the reasons why women become "others"; then, through the combing of human history, it deeply reveals the fate of women from primitive society to the present; finally, the book takes five famous writers including Montherlant, Lawrence, Claudel, Breton and Stendhal as examples to analyze the "female myths" created by men and explore the image of women in the eyes of men and the ideas they embody.
The subtitle of The Second Sex II is "Actual Experience". Starting from the philosophical theory of existentialism, it conducts a positive examination of different periods in a woman's life (childhood, adolescence, sexual enlightenment, marriage, motherhood and old age), and at the same time makes judgments and evaluations on the experiences she may encounter in her life (homosexuality, becoming an intellectual, a star, a prostitute or a socialite, etc.), which deeply reveals the situation and nature of women. The author also analyzes the process of the formation of narcissistic women, women in love and devout women and the complex social reasons behind them. Finally, he proposes that the only way for women to be liberated is to become independent women. He also emphasizes that only when the economic status of women changes and brings spiritual, social, cultural and other consequences, and only when women's awareness of themselves changes fundamentally, can gender equality be truly achieved.
About the Author
Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
French philosopher, writer, and feminist. In 1929, she passed the French philosophy teacher qualification exam and taught in many schools. In 1945, she co-founded the magazine "Modern" with Jean-Paul Sartre, dedicated to promoting existentialist views. In 1949, she published "The Second Sex", which caused a great response and became a feminist classic. In 1954, she won the Goncourt Prize for her novel "The Man with the Man". She, Hannah Arendt, and Susan Sontag are known as the three centers of Western female scholarship.
The late French President Mitterrand called her "an outstanding writer in France and the world". Former French President Jacques Chirac commented: "The death of Simone de Beauvoir marks the end of an era. Her literary achievements represent the collision of ideas of an era and have profoundly influenced our society. She deserves an important place in the history of French literature. In the name of the government, I honor her as a heroine."
