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Simone de Beauvoir: The Woman Who Rewrote Freedom and Feminism
How Beauvoir’s existentialism challenged gender norms and inspired generations to claim their own freedom.
Sophia Martinez
November 9, 2023463 views
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and OthersSarah Bakewell
Picture a lively Parisian café terrace in the 1940s, where an elegant woman with a turban and thick sweater engages passionately with those around her. This woman is Simone de Beauvoir, a philosopher whose ideas would shake the foundations of gender and freedom.
Beauvoir’s existentialism centers on a powerful claim:
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