An autopilot lifestyle will no longer suffice. Now is the time to actively pursue the radiance your heart, mind, and body yearn for. This book is a dynamic masterclass guide to self-healing unlike any before. If you are ready to supercharge your commitment to cultivating a life of unimaginable fulfillment and meaning, the key is within these pages.
'One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman', wrote Simone de Beauvoir. This is a woman who was also to become a philosopher, a novelist, an existentialist, and a feminist icon. Her novels won prestigious literary prizes and The Second Sex transformed the way we think about sex and gender. She was also the long-term lover of Jean-Paul Sartre, but it was to film-maker Claude Lanzmann that she wrote 'You are my destiny, my eternity, my life' in letters which only came to light in 2018. Kate Kirkpatrick draws on previously unavailable diaries and letters, including those written to Lanzmann. The new personal details about her life revealed for the first time by the book can only deepen the mystery and our fascination with her. Why did this 'feminist icon' edit her image so much? Why did she lie about her relationship with Sartre so often, or claim not to be a philosopher? Perhaps with so much that's new here we'll get a little closer to understanding who Beauvoir really was. -- Provided by publisher
Exploring the intersections of mysticism and existentialism, this book examines their definitions and the influence of mysticism in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century German and French philosophy. It highlights key thinkers and ideas that shaped these movements, offering insights into how mysticism informed existential thought during this transformative period in intellectual history.
»Man wird nicht als Frau geboren, man wird dazu gemacht«, schrieb Simone de Beauvoir. Sie war Philosophin, Schriftstellerin, Existenzialistin und eine feministische Ikone. Ihre Romane erhielten renommierte Literaturpreise und »Das andere Geschlecht« hat die Art und Weise, wie wir über Geschlechtergrenzen denken, für immer verändert. Kate Kirkpatricks Buch ist die erste Biografie von Simone de Beauvoir seit der Veröffentlichung ihrer Briefe und der frühen Tagebücher – vor allem die erst kürzlich erschienenen Briefe an ihren Geliebten Claude Lanzmann werfen ein neues Licht auf ihre Beziehung zu Jean Paul Sartre. Kirkpatrick beschreibt kenntnisreich und spannend, wie sich Beauvoirs Denken und ihr Selbstverständnis entwickelt haben.