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Beauvoir's Second Sex: Introduction

Dr. Ellie Anderson introduces some ideas from the Introduction to the Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir's important 1949 work of feminist philosophy and phenomenology. Dr. Anderson explores Beauvoir's method of existential ethics, idea that woman is the Other, connection to Hegel, and more.
This video is based on material from Dr. Anderson's Philosophy of Gender course at Pomona College.
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