Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex
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This course will focus on Simone de Beauvoir¿s 'The Second Sex'. First published in 1949, it became one of the most influential feminist texts of the 20th century and it continues to inform Feminist Philosophy today. But this is also a controversial book that has been criticized by both feminists and anti-feminists. In it, Beauvoir brings together ideas and methods from intellectual traditions like existentialism, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and anthropology. The course will focus on a careful and critical reading of the primary text. We will have the opportunity to discuss issues like the relation between gender inequality and biology; the role of love in women¿s subordination; the ethical status of sex work; and our social ideals of masculinity.
Credit Level: 10 Year taken: Year 4 Undergraduate SCQF Credits: 20