By Bernard E. Harcourt Judith Revel’s essay and presentation focus us on one of the most important and contemporary dimensions of Simone de Beauvoir’s work: the relationship between gender and work, which takes on particular significance in the context of… Continue Reading
By Sabina Vaccarino Bremner In the Second Sex, Beauvoir suggests that women, as the ‘second sex’, have nearly always been in a position of subordination to men. This marks a key difference between women and other oppressed groups: while enslaved… Continue Reading
Par Judith Revel Il est difficile de se poser la question de la postérité d’un texte aussi ancré dans les débats de son propre temps que Le deuxième sexe de Beauvoir. Soixante-dix ans, voilà ce qui nous sépare de ces mille… Continue Reading
By Judith Revel Translated from the French by Sabina Vaccarino Bremner (Columbia) It is difficult to consider the posterity of a text as anchored in the debates of its own time as The Second Sex by Beauvoir. Seventy years, that’s… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt In a very recent paper on the question of truth in these post-truth times, titled “The Last Refuge of Scoundrels: The Problem of Truth in A Time of Lying,” which I just posted on SSRN, I… Continue Reading