
De Beauvoir on the Other
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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You Don't Want What We Have
De beauvois says there are two barreys in particular that she identifies. One is a kind of nostalgia men, mainly men, but not only men. Some women too will say we need to be careful what we give up here emancipating women might get rid of femininity and elegance. And this reminds her of the arguments that are sometimes made about slavery in the american south where people are nostalgic for the old plantation way of life. She also says something else, which connects her to many of the writers i've talked about in this set of talks. Next week discusses a theory of justice by john rolles, a book that sparked a generation of argument about what makes for
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