Editor’s Preface	8
	Bibliographical Note	34
	Contents	36
	Notes on Contributors	38
	PART I: Historical Context	42
	1. Simone de Beauvoir: A Woman Philosopher in the Context of her Generation	44
	2. Towards a Friendly, Transatlantic Critique of The Second Sex	63
	3. While We Wait: Notes on the English Translation of The Second Sex	78
	PART II: Philosophical Context	110
	4. Complicity and Slavery in The Second Sex	112
	5. Simone de Beauvoir and Human Dignity	131
	6. Must We Read Simone de Beauvoir?	156
	PART III: Literary Context	178
	7. Meaning What We Say: The ‘Politics of Theory’ and the Responsibility of Intellectuals	180
	8. Saying What We Mean	202
	9. The House We Never Leave: Childhood, Shelter, and Freedom in the Writings of Beauvoir and Colette	214
	Select Bibliography	233
	Name Index	238
	A	238
	B	238
	C	238
	D	239
	E	239
	F	239
	G	239
	H	239
	I	239
	J	239
	K	240
	L	240
	M	240
	N	240
	O	240
	P	240
	Q	241
	R	241
	S	241
	T	241
	U	241
	V	241
	W	241
	Z	241
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