{"product_id":"what-is-existentialism-paperback","title":"What Is Existentialism? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimone de Beauvoir\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarybeth Timmermann\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe groundbreaking writings on the philosophy of the individual by iconic feminist and social thinker, Simone de Beauvoir\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century's great philosophers explore the absurdity of our notions of good and evil, and show instead how we make our own destiny simply by being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives--and upended them. Now Penguin brings you a new set of the acclaimed Great Ideas, a curated library of selections from the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimone de Beauvoir\u003c\/b\u003e (1908-1986) was a French philosopher, novelist, and essayist, and the lifelong companion of Jean-Paul Sartre. De Beauvoir's first book, L'Invitée, was published in 1943. In 1945 she published \u003ci\u003eLe Sang des autres\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel dealing with the question of political involvement. Beauvoir's breakthrough work was the semiautobiographical \u003ci\u003eLes Mandarins\u003c\/i\u003e (1954), which won the Prix Concourt. Roman Catholic authorities banned it and de Beauvoir's feminist classic \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e (1949), in which de Beauvoir argued that \"one is not born a woman; one becomes one.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7 x 4.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699186339903,"sku":"9780241475232","price":16.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/cb4ab7855ca75ea147ade77f8b44a35f.webp?v=1765012745","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/what-is-existentialism-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}