Simone

1963 · 150080 — Paris: Gallimard 1963. First edition of Simone de Beauvoir's autobiographical memoir covering the years after World War II. Octavo original publisher’s wrappers. In near fine condition signature to the front free endpaper. Simone de Beauvoir 1908–1986 was a French philosopher writer and feminist theorist whose work played a central role in twentieth-century existentialism and modern gender studies. Closely associated with Jean-Paul Sartre she developed a distinctive philosophical voice that combined existential ethics with social analysis most notably in 'The Second Sex' 1949 which examined the historical and cultural construction of womanhood. 'La Force des choses' 1963 is de Beauvoir’s autobiographical memoir chronicling her intellectual political and personal life from the end of the Second World War through the early 1960s. The work intertwines private experience with public history reflecting on existential responsibility aging political engagement and disillusionment amid decolonization Cold War tensions and shifting cultural values. Gallimard unknown