“The Visionaries,” by Wolfram Eilenberger, examines the divergent theories of self and other developed in a time of crisis by Hannah Arendt, Simone de Beauvoir, Ayn Rand and Simone Weil. By Jennifer ...

LONDON — A combination of name recognition, talent, and social relevance is earning artist Hélène de Beauvoir a prominence that eluded her during a lifetime spent under the long shadow of her sister ...

What happens when radical ideas about freedom and responsibility collide with the messy, contradictory realities of human desire? Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir built a philosophy that ...

Deirdre Bair, who as an unknown writer half a century ago scored a coup by getting the reclusive Samuel Beckett to agree to let her write his biography, then secured the same permission from another ...

Valentine’s Day 2026 invites reflection on love in all its forms, the letters of Simone de Beauvoir and Nelson Algren stand ...

Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1953. With a new introduction, bibliography, and chronology by David Campbell Publishers. siris_sil_463812 ...

In the popular imagination, Simone de Beauvoir is best known as the foremother of contemporary feminism, and as the turbaned, chain-smoking, glamorously intellectual companion of Jean-Paul Sartre.