The Second Sex 70 years

"In 1949, Simone de Beauvoir published in the magazine Les Temps modernes some chapters of her next book, The Second Sex. Pioneering, the text caused great commotion for its audacious feminism and consecrated the author in the pantheon of world philosophy. In honor of her seventieth birthday of this revolutionary work, Editora Nova Fronteira prepared this special edition, which has the collaboration of great Brazilian thinkers. Anthropologist Mirian Goldenberg, historian Mary Del Priore and philosopher Djamila Ribeiro address, in unpublished texts, the importance of the work throughout decades. The extra booklet also features the impactful essay “Who is afraid of Simone de Beauvoir?”, by philosopher Marcia Tiburi, and an interview with Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir, heiress and editor of the French writer, published by Cult. The material It also has photos that cover the life of Simone de Beauvoir, one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century."