Beauvoir grounds politics in a double alterity through self-otherness

Evidence

Beauvoir’s analyses encouraged us to put forward the hypothesis that in order to understand intersubjectivity and intraalterity we must examine them together. Beauvoir shows us that by experiencing itself as intrinsically Other, the Subject develops and discovers his own singularity. On the basis of the experience of his own alterity, the Subject can (in the sense that it becomes possible) actually discover Others, both other than himself and other than themselves. Such is the plurality, the plurality of a double alterity, that opens up the political sphere to exploration. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 465

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the intra-alterity/intersubjectivity distinction and the ‘double alterity’ concept as Beauvoir’s contribution.
• XREF: Connects to the broader Beauvoir-Sartre authorship debate: this reading of alterity as primary is distinctively Beauvoirian and postulates a departure from Hegelian dialectics of recognition. — connects to: Beauvoir held that every Self-Other duality inevitably breeds conflict — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 265; Beauvoir holds Others as essential, challenging Sartre’s ontological individualism — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 184

Broader Connections

• Beauvoir holds Others as essential, challenging Sartre’s ontological individualism #expands (0.85) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 184