{"product_id":"the-second-sex","title":"The Second Sex","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in France in 1949 as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLe Deuxième Sexe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Simone de Beauvoir’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a landmark work of feminist philosophy that asks a deceptively simple question: what does it mean to be a woman? Drawing on history, biology, literature, psychoanalysis and philosophy, Beauvoir examines how woman has been defined in relation to man, cast as the subordinate Other rather than recognised as an autonomous subject. Across its two volumes, she traces the forces that shape women’s lives, from childhood and sexual experience to marriage, motherhood, work and old age. Her inquiry exposes femininity not as an immutable destiny, but as a condition formed through social expectations, institutions and power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten with the intellectual rigour of existentialism and an unusually close attention to lived experience, the book challenged established assumptions about sex, freedom and identity. Its publication provoked controversy in France and helped lay the foundations for modern feminist thought, influencing generations of writers, philosophers and political movements. Both a philosophical investigation and an urgent examination of everyday life, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remains one of the defining works of twentieth-century thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“If the body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and the outline of our projects.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Simone de Beauvoir, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“With The Second Sex, the modern feminist polemic was born.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Elaine Blair, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64192353534282,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/products\/the-second-sex","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}