Outcry over The Second Sex
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Abstract
This article explores the critical reception of The Second Sex in France in 1949. Situating debates about the book in the context of the Cold War and the intellectual hegemony of existentialism, the author analyzes the main points of disagreement among different political factions—traditional Catholics, communists, members of the noncommunist left, and progressive Christians. She argues that the sexual questions Simone de Beauvoir raised in the public sphere fueled the primary points of contention.
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Ce texte explore les nombreux articles critiques qui ont accompagnés la sortie du Deuxième sexe en 1949 en France. Il situe la polémique dans le contexte de la Guerre froide et de l’ hégémonie intellectuelle de l’ existentialisme. Il analyse ensuite les principaux points de désaccord entre les différentes familles politiques qui s’ expriment : catholiques traditionnels, communistes, gauche non communiste, chrétiens progressistes. Les questions sexuelles mises sur la place publique par Simone de Beauvoir figurent des points d’ achoppement.
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Outcry over The Second Sex
In: Simone de Beauvoir StudiesSearch for other papers by Sylvie Chaperon in
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Search for other papers by Sophia Millman in
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Abstract
This article explores the critical reception of The Second Sex in France in 1949. Situating debates about the book in the context of the Cold War and the intellectual hegemony of existentialism, the author analyzes the main points of disagreement among different political factions—traditional Catholics, communists, members of the noncommunist left, and progressive Christians. She argues that the sexual questions Simone de Beauvoir raised in the public sphere fueled the primary points of contention.
Résumé
Ce texte explore les nombreux articles critiques qui ont accompagnés la sortie du Deuxième sexe en 1949 en France. Il situe la polémique dans le contexte de la Guerre froide et de l’ hégémonie intellectuelle de l’ existentialisme. Il analyse ensuite les principaux points de désaccord entre les différentes familles politiques qui s’ expriment : catholiques traditionnels, communistes, gauche non communiste, chrétiens progressistes. Les questions sexuelles mises sur la place publique par Simone de Beauvoir figurent des points d’ achoppement.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 1007 | 259 | 19 |
| Full Text Views | 99 | 25 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 218 | 53 | 3 |
