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Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex was first published in English in 1953.  Blanche Knopf, the wife of Alfred A. Knopf, discovered the book on a research trip to France, though she apparently thought that it was a sex manual. … Continue reading →

Oh boy. Another long one. Here is the edition of The Second Sex I intend to purchase. Some comments in the reviews on the Amazon page complain that some of the translators’ choices are ill-advised, but the consensus seems to be … Continue reading →

If people have the edition linked to below, you might find the “Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy” helpful. I did.

Here’s an article, “Name Five Women in Philosophy. Bet You Can’t“, that asks why the attrition rate between introductory philosophy classes and becoming a major in philosophy is so much higher for women than for men. I came up with more than … Continue reading →

The votes are in.  The winner is clear. Buy this edition here. It is unclear exactly how many favors we have done ourselves by opting for the German Ideology, but we said we were going to read Marx. The schedule follows. … Continue reading →

Dave and Juliana are in Pittsburgh; I’m overscheduled; the semester just ended; I haven’t started grading yet; me, me, and more me: let’s take a week off, shall we? I’m not even sure what we’re reading next.  It is either … Continue reading →

It is not too exciting, actually.  But here’s an obligatory quote and link: But perhaps Kierkegaard’s most provocative message is that both work on the self and on understanding the world requires your whole being and cannot be just a … Continue reading →