The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir
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Pub Date 5 Jun 2014 | Archive Date 11 Dec 2014
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Digital
Description
TRANSLATED BY CONSTANCE BORDE AND SHEILA MALOVANY-CHEVALLIER
ANNOTATED AND INTRODUCED BY MARTINE REID
'Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex' Guardian
Simone de Beauvoir famously wrote, 'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'. In this groundbreaking work of feminism she examines the limits of female freedom and explodes our deeply ingrained beliefs about femininity. Liberation, she argues, entails challenging traditional perceptions of the social relationship between the sexes and, crucially, in achieving economic independence.
Drawing on sociology, anthropology and biology, The Second Sex is as important and relevant today as when it was first published in 1949.
Advance Praise
A masterpiece - Vogue
Discovering The Second Sex was like an explosion in my skull, shattering illusions bred in a conventional fifties childhood...Re-reading the book now I realise how much of it is still entirely relevant, and that (despite advances) women are as much in need of liberation as ever
De Beauvoir was not just a genius as a theorist. She dared to live it. Challenging conventional marriage and sexual practice, she used her own experience to explore the emotional costs of jealousy, attachment, monogamy, bohemianism, sexuality, of love
A fine piece of work, a lucid translation - Independent
A fresh, much expanded, more intelligible book which repays re-reading by adherents of the old version, and cries out for attention from young women who have not been exposed to this most powerful of feminist thinkers - Irish Times
On publication in 1949, the book shocked and scandalised society, 'The Vatican put the book on the Index; Albert Camus accused Simone De beauvoir of having made the French male look ridiculous... But that didn't stop sales - it sold 20,000 copies in its first week. When The Second Sex was published in the US it leaped onto the the bestseller lists' - London Review of Books
The effect of the new translation, which should be applauded, is to make Beauvoir more herself: to add longer paragraphs, to take away the friendly pronouns added in by the last translator, to keep in dense philosophical riffs that had been omitted before. The book is more demanding than it was before, which is to say more stylish, more itself. - SLATE
There is no doubt that De Beauvoir's The Second Sex is one of the great texts of women's liberation; and that her refusal to abide by the dictates of her era...were ahead of their time - Guardian
Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex - Guardian
Still considered the Holy Grail of modern feminist thought - New York Times
The Second Sex remains the greatest feminist tract of the century - Daily Telegraph
Discovering The Second Sex was like an explosion in my skull, shattering illusions bred in a conventional fifties childhood...Re-reading the book now I realise how much of it is still entirely relevant, and that (despite advances) women are as much in need of liberation as ever
De Beauvoir was not just a genius as a theorist. She dared to live it. Challenging conventional marriage and sexual practice, she used her own experience to explore the emotional costs of jealousy, attachment, monogamy, bohemianism, sexuality, of love
A fine piece of work, a lucid translation - Independent
A fresh, much expanded, more intelligible book which repays re-reading by adherents of the old version, and cries out for attention from young women who have not been exposed to this most powerful of feminist thinkers - Irish Times
On publication in 1949, the book shocked and scandalised society, 'The Vatican put the book on the Index; Albert Camus accused Simone De beauvoir of having made the French male look ridiculous... But that didn't stop sales - it sold 20,000 copies in its first week. When The Second Sex was published in the US it leaped onto the the bestseller lists' - London Review of Books
The effect of the new translation, which should be applauded, is to make Beauvoir more herself: to add longer paragraphs, to take away the friendly pronouns added in by the last translator, to keep in dense philosophical riffs that had been omitted before. The book is more demanding than it was before, which is to say more stylish, more itself. - SLATE
There is no doubt that De Beauvoir's The Second Sex is one of the great texts of women's liberation; and that her refusal to abide by the dictates of her era...were ahead of their time - Guardian
Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex - Guardian
Still considered the Holy Grail of modern feminist thought - New York Times
The Second Sex remains the greatest feminist tract of the century - Daily Telegraph
Marketing Plan
Required reading for anyone who believes in the equality of the sexes.
A long awaited, highly acclaimed new translation of Simone De Beauvoir's landmark work.
This acclaimed new translation is complete and unabridged. The first English translation cut at least 10 per cent of the original text - these savage cuts affected Beauvoir's account of exceptional women in history and misrepresented Beauvoir's philosophy.
De Beauvoir argues women's economic independence is the key to their freedom. The Second Sex is a passionate and important book that is as relevant today as when it was first published in 1949
The Second Sex was an instant bestseller and it has been translated into 40 languages. It underpins all the feminist theory that followed.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781446442715 |
| PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
