Osbert Lancaster (Aldeburgh 58) [les Mamelles de Tirésias]

Ancien possesseur : Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)

Poetics of Subjectivity : Existence and Expressivity in Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy

In the last thirty years, primarily feminist scholars have drawn attention to and re-evaluated the philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir (1908 1986). Her philosophical practice has been described as non-systematic, and her literary writing has been viewed as part of her non-systematic mode of philosophising. This dissertation radically deepens the question concerning Beauvoir s philosophical motivations for turning to literature as a mode to express subjectivity. It explicates the central concepts of Beauvoir s philosophy of existence, which are subjectivity, ambiguity, paradox and temporality, and their background in the modern traditions of existential philosophy and phenomenology. It also clarifies Beauvoir s main reason to turn to literature in order to express subjectivity as both singular and universal: as a specific mode of communication, literature is able to make the universality of existence manifest in the concrete, singular and temporal texture of life. In addition, the thesis gives examples of how Beauvoir s literary works contribute to an understanding of the complexity of subjectivity. I use the expression poetics of subjectivity to refer to the systematic relation between Beauvoir s existential and phenomenological notion of subjectivity and her literary works, and to her articulations of a creative mode of using language, especially in the novel. The thesis is divided into five chapters, of which the first three investigate Beauvoir s philosophy of existence at the intersection of the modern traditions of thought that began with René Descartes and Søren Kierkegaard s intuitions about subjectivity. Chapter 1 interprets Beauvoir s notion of ambiguity, as compared to paradox, and argues that both determine her notion of existence. Chapters 2 and 3 investigate the phenomenological side of Beauvoir s philosophy through a study of her response to early French interpretations of transcendental subjectivity, especially in the works of Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. My analysis shows that Edmund Husserl s distinction between different levels of subjective experience is central to Beauvoir s understanding of subjectivity and to the different ego concepts she uses. Chapter 4 is a study of Beauvoir s reflections on the expression of subjective thought, and, more specifically, her philosophical conceptions of the metaphysical novel and the autobiography as two modes of indirect communication. Chapter 5, finally, compares two modes of investigating concrete subjectivity; Beauvoir s conceptual study of femininity in Le deuxième sexe and her literary expression of subjectivity in the novel L Invitée. My analysis reveals and explicates Beauvoir s original contribution to a comprehensive understanding of the becoming and paradox of human existence: the fundamental insight that these phenomena are sexed, historically as well as imaginatively.

Florbela Espanca e Simone de Beauvoir: duas vozes, um sexo

Proposta de leitura de fragmentos de versos integrantes da poética de Florbela Espanca e de textos da filosofia de Simone de Beauvoir, notadamente contidos na sua obra magna O Segundo Sexo, numa análise contrastiva do percurso intelectual de ambas as escritoras, no que diz respeito à dominação masculina e à resistência das mulheres por intermédio do exercício escritural. O presente trabalho propõe uma análise incisiva dos trabalhos das autoras citadas, fazendo uma correlação entre vida e obra de ambas, até chegar a questão da dominação masculina. Tendo como objetivo principal chamar a atenção para os pontos chaves que as autoras acentuavam em suas obras e que serviram de força poderosa para a ruptura dos laços patriarcais. Aqui representa-se e confronta-se a visão masculina, a qual a sociedade estava tão acostumada (principalmente diante do fato que toda literatura era composta por homens), com obras de mulheres que dentro de uma mundo estritamente masculino, deram seu grito de liberdade através de seus escritos. Logo, a dissertação aqui apresentada tem por objetivo demonstrar a inovação literária e também social, que Simone de Beauvoir e Florbela Espanca trouxeram, no momento em que decidiram constituir-se não mais apenas como mulheres, mas como escritoras, conscientes e responsáveis por suas decisões e por aquilo que escreviam

A literatura de Simone de Beauvoir: por um sexto sentido

Através da visão multidimensional que a Literatura proporciona, acredita-se que a voz de Simone de Beauvoir desperta o pensamento crítico dos leitores sobre a condição da mulher, na segunda metade do século XX. A análise se situa entre os odores que exalam do estudo de Walter Benjamin sobre o conceito de reflexão dos primeiros românticos alemães e os sabores dos desencobrimentos presentes em A Mulher Desiludida, narrativa ficcional de Simone de Beauvoir. O que é a literatura?, ingrediente adicionado por Jean-Paul Sartre, traz consistência ao texto que, em sua finalização, é apimentado pela Teoria Estética, de Theodor Adorno. O autor do Magnum opus a Dialética do esclarecimento demonstra ainda a necessidade de se acrescentar o gosto que incomoda para que saibamos apreciar o alimento que nos é oferecido. Todo o banquete é servido sobre a base fundadora do feminismo: O Segundo Sexo. Agucem todos os sentidos, a iguaria será servida

An examination of Simone de Beauvoir's theme of situated embodiment

Abstract This thesis is an examination of Simone de Beauvoir's theme of situated embodiment. The aim of the thesis is to demonstrate that the theme of situated embodiment was a concern of Beauvoir's since early childhood and that it was this interest which was the impetus for Beauvoir's later philosophical notion of authentic embodiment. Through the examination of Beauvoir's autobiographies it becomes evident that Beauvoir consistently demonstrates an early awareness that one's situation will be expressed through one's body. This idea is also present in Beauvoir's novels. In the novels it is shown that many of the characters are struggling within authentic embodiment. Beauvoir also fictionalizes many of her own experiences in the novels. These novels are used as concrete examples of Beauvoir's philosophy. Through Beauvoir's philosophical works it becomes evident that authentic embodiment will include the notions of freedom, ambiguity, and reciprocity. All are crucial when trying to live an authentic existence. Beauvoir's philosophy also focuses on marginalized groups who are in the position ofthe Other. One of the marginalized groups studied are women, and this thesis investigates Beauvoir's understanding of why woman is in the position of the Other. This thesis also addresses two feminist criticisms of Beauvoir's study on women. These criticisms are argued against in an effort to defend the notion ofauthentic situated embodiment as delineated in the first three chapters. Overall it is established that Beauvoir's early experiences allowed for her to form the philosophical idea of situated embodiment that lies at the core of her philosophy.

Iris Murdoch e Simone de Beauvoir: uma leitura feminista de A fairly honourable defeat e La femme rompue

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

The Herman Miller collection,

To be kept up to date with loose leaf binder.

Treaties and other international agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949.

v. 1. Multilateral, 1776-1917.--v. 2. Multilateral, 1918-1930.--v. 3. Multilateral, 1931-1945.--v. 4. Multilateral, 1946-1949.--v. 5. Afghanistan-Burma.--v. 6. Canada-Czechoslovakia.--v. 7. Denmark-France.--v. 8. Germany-Iran.--v. 9. Iraq-Muscat.--v. 10. Nepal-Peru.--v. 11. Philippines-United Arab Republic.--v. 12. United Kingdom--Zanzibar.--v. 13. General index.

Simone de Beauvoir

Recursos Educativos - Humanidades

What is user friendly? : Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, 1986 /

Includes bibliographies and index.

La corte de Justicia centroamericana, 1907 -1908: su legado, la defensa de derechos Individuales

Introducción Con la construcción de Centro América en 1821, empezó un largo y difícil proceso de construcción del estado. Aunque la separación de España no fue determinada con conflictos y violencia tan característicos de otras regiones del nuevo mundo. Centroamérica experimento las tensiones del localismo dentro del área. No obstante figuras prominentes se habían percatado de  los problemas potenciales relacionados con la desunión, y se proponían construir la Federación de Centroamérica, tomando muy en cuenta la experiencia colonial de la región como unidad administrativa singular durante los trescientos años de gobierno hispano.

Employer evasion of worker entitlements 1986-95 : what and whose?

Employer non-compliance with workers’ entitlements is an area seldom explored in Australian industrial relations, generally considered uncommon or the province of ‘rogue’ employers. This paper provides a picture of the categories of entitlements against which complaints of evasion were made in the federal industrial relations jurisdiction in Australia, between 1986 and 1995 and the characteristics of complainants. The “top 30” awards ranked by extent of underpayment recovered by the federal enforcement agency (1987-95) are also explored to support arguments that intense competition, reduced union density, precarious employment, youth and being female are strongly associated with employer evasion. The increasing prevalence of these factors in the labour market suggests that employer compliance should be more carefully explored in the Australian context.