Mami:
Pedazo de libro. Encantada.
Spain on Sep 25, 2023
Cliente de Kindle:
Excelente libro
Mexico on Aug 31, 2023
BT and LT:
I wish I had read this years ago. It's great.
United States on Aug 16, 2023
Danielle:
Simone de Beauvoir is an amazing writer and philosopher. This book is a comprehensive evaluation of women’s oppression and even being written long ago, many of the points are still highly relevant. I firmly believe that every woman should read this. De Beauvoir is intelligent and witty and you won’t regret reading this classic.
United States on Dec 24, 2022
Karel Dragoun:
book for every woman's library.
Canada on Nov 06, 2022
GUILLIEN F.:
J'ai reçu le livre en bon état mais sa qualité a fait qu'il s'est rapidement endommagé en le mettant dans mon sac. Sinon le contenu est très beau mais difficile de comprendre la continuité.
France on Jan 18, 2021
Scarlette Ibis:
Read this as a philosophy graduate student for fun with an amazing group of men and women. I echo the sentiment that it should be required reading for ALL adult humans in the 21st century, if only to gain a better understanding of how gender constructs have been so woven into our collective experience for so long, and why they need to be demolished. Are there better constructed arguments in existence? Yes. But that doesn't diminish the lasting contribution that this piece of literature has made to humanity, nor how revolutionary and ground breaking it is. So ahead of its time. It is also filled with wry humor, which is rare for a philosophical text, and even rarer for that humor to stand up nearly 70 years later. Is it going to be difficult for some readers to get through? Yes. It is intellectually demanding. But then again, so is being a contributing participant of society. It is worth your investment. I recommend reading it with a diverse reading group and discussing each chapter in person each week, over beverages.
United States on Aug 20, 2018
Donald E. Skiff:
I had read references to this book for many years. I had even thought that I must have read it in those heady years when "women's lib" was so widely discussed. Recently, I came across a few more references, and decided that the Kindle version would allow me to peruse it without committing myself to something that might be beyond my interest or my tolerance for boredom. I found it fascinating up as far as Book Two. I highlighted numerous passages for further thought and possible use in my own writing. Then the sheer weight of her arguments and the interminable repetitions got to me. I found myself skimming. Okay, I get it, I kept thinking. Enough already. It's not that I found a lot to argue about; she's right, for the most part. Maybe I'm just past the age where some of her assertions matter much to me personally.
I recommend it to anyone, especial males, as a thorough introduction to the question of gender equality, as pertinent today as it was in the years it appeared.
United States on Apr 16, 2016
Brian:
There are a small amount of reviews that I see and that troubles me. This new translation is a golden opportunity to show more precisely what is wrong with how men subjugate women. Also too one has to wonder how it can be that the High Priestess of Feminism was so willing to be subject to Sartre....what a contradiction. I have read that in a interview Sartre regularly lied to Simone to keep her content while he participated in his "other" interests. I think that Sartre was originally in the right place at the right time and since Simone has no use for the idea of God anymore and for a conventional relationship with men (marriage), Sartre (the master philosopher) fit the bill to fill the void. Simone said their love together transcended the understanding of everyone. How convenient. In any event, I wonder if secretly she observed what was wrong with this relationship and maybe that helped fuel The Second Sex. I think Sartre was a very smart selfish troll of a man. And if the heartache of his "rolls in the hay" with other women fueled The Second Sex......that breaks my heart too. It is commonplace that we see what is wrong with the world around us more...
United States on Jul 17, 2013
| "The Second Sex" by Simone De Beauvoir: A Groundbreaking Study of Women's Rights and Equality | Robert Pantano's "Notes from the End of Everything": A Reflection on Life and its Meaning | Exploring Existentialism at the Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails | |
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| Total Reviews | 28 reviews | 68 reviews | 25 reviews |
| Publisher | Vintage; 1st edition | Independently published | |
| Feminist Theory (Books) | Feminist Theory | ||
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| ISBN-13 | 978-0307277787 | 979-8667150664 | |
| Existentialist Philosophy | Existentialist Philosophy | Existentialist Philosophy | Existentialist Philosophy |
| General Gender Studies | General Gender Studies | ||
| Language | English | English | |
| Item Weight | 1.27 pounds | 4.8 ounces | |
| Best Sellers Rank | #4 in Existentialist Philosophy #18 in Feminist Theory #23 in General Gender Studies | #83 in Existentialist Philosophy #13,453 in Literary Fiction | #23 in Existentialist Philosophy#29 in Philosopher Biographies#1,540 in World History |
| ISBN-10 | 030727778X | ||
| Paperback | 832 pages | 110 pages | |
| Dimensions | 5.18 x 1.4 x 7.92 inches | 5.06 x 0.28 x 7.81 inches |
India on Jan 08, 2024