Student Edition

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(1908-1986)
Simone de Beauvoir
The Second Sex

• (1926-1984)
• Student Edition

Michel Focault
Truth and Power
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Prepared by SCOTT PARKER AND
ELISSA MERIDA

• Edited by Dr. Kay Picart, Kristen Millen, and
  Donna Gallagher

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Simone de Beauvoirs life

• Born January 9, 1908 in Paris
• Close relationship with both parents
• 1929 Attended Sorbonne
• Met Jean-Sarte, models a lot of work from him

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Simone de Beauvoirs life

• Leading feminist and proponent of existentialism
• French Essayist and novelist
• Taught at a number of schools(1931-43)

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The Second Sex and Feminism

• Published in 1949
• Most famous and scandalous work
• Radically establishes prevalent perspectives of
  masculinity and feminity
• Massive work, two volumes , totals over 1,000
  pages and sold 22,000 copies in the first week of
  publication

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How the The Second Sex Was Received

• Invoked what kind of response?
• First dismissed as
• How was Beauvoir was labeled?

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Background information onThe Second Sex

• Gendered the...
• Insists women must/can

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Myths according to authors

• Motherlant believes transcendence is
• Breton opposite of Montherlant venerates which
  gender? Because?
• Lawrence places transcendence in

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Myth and Realitykey points

• Myth of real woman and Eternal Feminine
• Whole range of contradictory characteristics are
  attributed to women(healer and witch, Madonna and
  whore)
• All ambivalent feelings evoked in man by nature
  have been projected on woman

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Common Myths

• Myth of the Feminine mystery
• What gender is known as inessential other

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Discussion Question

• According to De Beauvoir,
• Does a masculine mystery
• exist?

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In conclusion

• Idea of true woman is
• Men are willing to accept women as beings, but
  not
• What gender remains as inessential?

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Michel Foucault (1926- 1984)

• Born Poitiers France.
• Education Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris
  (Philosophy Psychology).
• Influenced by Nietzsche Heidegger.
• Challenged ideas of Freud and Marx.
• Introduced new ideas concerning prisons, police,
  and mentally ill.

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Train of Thought Development

• 3 Stages
• Madness and Civilization (1960)
• The Order of Things (1966)
• Discipline and Punishment (1975)

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Hard Science vs. Social Science

• Political and Economic problems
• Foucault believes that social sciences(Psychiatry
  and Sociology)
• What were government and citizen ideas on what
  Foucault brought forward?

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17th and 18th Centuries

• The emergence of Capitalism brought forward the
  ideas of

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Role of the Intellectual Universal

• Is there room left for Universal Intellectuals?