Beauvoir’s interdependence thesis is compatible with her irrepressible freedom

Evidence

Contra Kruks, Beauvoir’s notion of interdependence does not stand in tension with or controvert her view of irrepressible freedom, because her analysis of interdependence takes place primarily in the context of existential justifi cation. It is worth noting here that Beauvoir’s analysis of intersubjectivity, nonetheless, rather signifi cantly departs from Being and Nothingness. Sartre eventually argues (in Part III) that Others are the condition for the possibility of be- Freedom, Intersubjectivity, and Normative Justifi cation 73 ing a fl esh-and-blood human being. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 182

Categorization

• XREF: A historiographical claim within the Beauvoir-Sartre authorship/influence debate: Beauvoir departs from Being and Nothingness in her analysis of intersubjectivity — directly relevant to the reader’s primary research question. — connects to: Beauvoir holds that both sexes are simultaneously passive flesh and active freedom. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 114; Healing her mother wound freed Beauvoir for relationships beyond the necessary-contingent dichotomy. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 146; Beauvoir distinguishes inborn ontological freedom from willed freedom that facticity can eviscerate — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 643 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Beauvoir distinguishes inborn ontological freedom from willed freedom that facticity can eviscerate #qualifies (0.82) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 643
• Beauvoir grounded existential freedom within gendered historical situations #expands (0.80) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 684
• Beauvoir’s philosophy centers on how constraint and freedom shape our becoming #expands (0.78) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 1027
• Beauvoir’s ethics derive moral obligations from interdependent transcendence #corroborates (0.75) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 578
• Sartre’s freedom model subordinates others while Beauvoir’s requires affirming their freedom #responds-to (0.72) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 633