Political Writings - Simone de Beauvoir

Political Writings Offers An Abundance Of Newly Translated Essays By Simone De Beauvoir That Demonstrate A Heretofore Unknown Side Of Her Political Philosophy. The Writings In This Volume Range From Beauvoirs Surprising 1952 Defense Of The Misogynistic Eighteenth-century Pornographer, The Marquis De Sade, To A Co-written 1974 Documentary Film, Transcribed Here For The First Time, Which Draws On Beauvoirs Analysis Of How Socioeconomic Privilege Shapes The Biological Reality Of Aging. The Volume Traces Nearly Three Decades Of Beauvoirs Leftist Political Engagement, From Exposs Of Conditions In Fascist Spain And Portugal In 1945 And Hard-hitting Attacks On Right-wing French Intellectuals In The 1950s, To The 1962 Defense Of An Algerian Freedom Fighter, Djamila Boupacha, And A 1975 Article Arguing For What Is Now Called The Two-state Solution In Israel.