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Paperback of Becoming a Woman by Simone de Beauvoir with cover featuring the book title and author's name, published by Polity Press.
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Paperback of Becoming a Woman by Simone de Beauvoir with cover featuring the book title and author's name, published by Polity Press.

Becoming a Woman: Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Trans Existence

Polity Press
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Description

This highly engaging analysis of the contemporary global social and political landscape of trans antagonisms draws specific attention to gender-critical mobilizations of Simone de Beauvoir's account of becoming a woman in The Second Sex to advance and justify trans-exclusionary positions. Through a careful examination and application of Beauvoir's philosophical and political commitments, Becoming a Woman compellingly explores the significance of her notion of becoming not only as affirmative of trans women, but also as an ethical demand to affirm trans possibilities.

More than a reply to gender-critical readings of Beauvoir, this book develops an original, Beauvoirian ethics of gender affirmation that shows why we ought to challenge trans exclusion and anti-trans movements.



Author: Megan Burke
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 01/29/2025
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.58w x 0.46d
ISBN13: 9781509561995
ISBN10: 1509561994
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | General
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory

About the Author
Megan Burke is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Sonoma State University and the author of When Time Warps.