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The Forum: Simone de Beauvoir: Feminist thinker for modern times

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26/05/2018 GMT

Simone de Beauvoir: Feminist thinker for modern times

BBC World Service - The Forum, Simone de Beauvoir: Feminist thinker for modern times

How a philosophical thinker radically changed the way we see women

Simone de Beauvoir influenced the worlds of philosophy, literature and politics - and the way we see women today. Rajan Datar and guests discuss her life, work and legacy.

Simone de Beauvoir was a French philosopher and writer whose work exploring what it is to be a woman shaped feminist thinking today. A pioneering intellectual, she used her existential ideas around freedom and responsibility to shape her life, literature and politics.
Rajan Datar discusses her life and work with writers Claudine Monteil and Lisa Appignanesi, and philosopher Tove Pettersen.

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