Simone de Beauvoir and the Limits of Commitment

This book was the first full-scale study of Simone de Beauvoir, surveying the whole range of her activity.

Résumé
Originally published in 1981, this was the first full-scale study of Simone de Beauvoir, surveying the whole range of her activity. A good deal of the book is devoted to a biographical study, while the author examines commitment as embodied in Simone de Beauvoir's ethics, politics, writings, and feminism.

Contenu

Preface; Biographical notes; Introduction; 1. From apoliticism to involvement; 2. Freedom and responsibility; 3. Where ethics and politics meet; 4. Possibilities for action: I The theory; 5. Possibilities for action: II The practice; 6. Engagement as philanthropy; Concluding remarks; Summaries of Simone de Beauvoir's fictional works; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.