The Contradictions of Freedom: Philosophical Essays on Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Mandarins'
作者：Shannon M. Mussett (
分类：文学
ISBN：9780791465592
出版时间：October 6, 2005
出版社：State University of New York Press
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内容简介
This unique collection examines the various contradictions of freedom in Simone de Beauvoir’s The Mandarins, the tumultuous epic about the personal and political lives of post-World War II French intellectuals. Fifty years after its publication, Beauvoir’s book transcends the narrow confines of time and place to speak powerfully to audiences today. Contributors address political turmoil, collective responsibility, individual choice and commitment, love relationships, subjectivity, art, and freedom. With an extensive introduction that explores the historical period surrounding France after World War II, Beauvoir’s own account of the novel’s creation, and the initial reception of the novel around the world, this book is an essential companion to Beauvoir’s celebrated novel.
章节介绍
* Introduction /Sally J. Scholz and Shannon M. Mussett
* 1.The conflict of ideologies in The Mandarins : communism and democracy, then and now /William L. McBride
* 2.SustAIned praxis : the challenge of solidarity in The Mandarins and beyond /Sally J. Scholz
* 3.Living on rails : freedom, constraint, and political judgment in Beauvoir’s “moral” essays and The Mandarins /Sonia Kruks
* 4.Testimony, Historicite, and the intellectual in Simone de Beauvoir’s The Mandarins /Ursula Tidd
* 5.The return of commitment : Simone de Beauvoir’s The Mandarins revisited /Karen Vintges
* 6.”Politics is a living thing” : the intellectual’s dilemma in Beauvoir’s The Mandarins /Gail Weiss
* 7.Personal choice and the seduction of the absolute in The Mandarins /Shannon M. Mussett
* 8.Love, theory, and politics : critical trinities in Simone de Beauvoir’s The Mandarins /Jen McWeeny
* 9.Simone de Beauvoir on achieving subjectivity /Thomas W. Busch
* 10.When a woman loves a man : ownness and otherness in The Mandarins /Eleanore Holveck
* 11.Salon-haunters : the impasse facing French intellectuals /Peg Brand.