Institutional methods systematically erased Beauvoir and other women from philosophy’s canon

Evidence

Although Simone de Beauvoir remains the most special of special cases, things of a general nature can be learned from her encounters with patriarchy. In particular, the history of Beauvoir’s erasure as a philosopher from the history of ideas reveals an array of methods by which a woman can be made to suff er such a fate. As noted, progress has been made since her death in 1986 in making visible her importance to twentieth-century philosophy. Advances have also been made by women in achieving position and status in academic philosophy. Nonetheless, it would be supremely naïve to think that patriarchy is dead and buried when it comes to philosophy and philosophers. Th erefore, it may be helpful to catalogue the eff ective devices used by patriarchy against Beauvoirthe-philosopher as a means of guarding against their deployment against other women philosophers. I have identifi ed ten. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 326

Categorization

• SEED: Angles toward a catalog piece on the ten mechanisms of philosophical erasure of women, with Beauvoir as the case study — could parallel how other disciplines systematically excluded women.
• XREF: Connects to the archive of scholarly work on Beauvoir’s posthumous canonization and to broader feminist histories of disciplinary gatekeeping (e.g. work on women in science history). — connects to: The original English translation erased Beauvoir as a philosopher — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 41; Beauvoir’s self-deprecating claims helped suppress her philosophical influence — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 36; Pre-colonial African women philosopher-queens were erased by Western scholarship — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 973 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Pre-colonial African women philosopher-queens were erased by Western scholarship #exemplifies (1.00) — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 973
• Scarcity of evidence on African women philosophers reflects neglect, not absence of contribution #corroborates (0.90)