Sex and philosophy : rethinking de Beauvoir and Sartre / Edward Fullbrook and Kate Fullbrook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fullbrook, Edward, author.

Fullbrook, Kate, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.

Sartre, Jean-Paul.

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986.

Beauvoir, Simone de.

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980--Sexual behavior.

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986--Sexual behavior.

Philosophers--France--Biography.

Philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Continuum, 2008.

Summary:

Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir were two of the most brilliant, influential, and scandalous intellectuals of the 20th century. They are remembered as much for the lives they led as for their influence on the way we think. Their committed but notoriously open union created huge controversy in their lifetime. And even before their deaths they had become one of history's legendary couples, renowned for the passion, daring, humour and intellectual intensity of their relationship. This fascinating book presents a biography of Sartre and de Beauvoir's relationship and offers some highly orig

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Sartre and Beauvoir; Part II: Sartre or Beauvoir?; Part III: Beauvoir and Beauvoir; Notes and References; Books in English by Jean-Paul Sartre; Books in English by Simone de Beauvoir; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-20564-5

9786613205643

1-4411-3699-1

OCLC:

741687224