Scholars reduce Beauvoir’s existentialism to Sartre’s Being and Nothingness.
Evidence
Moira Gatens, for example, claims that “the particular form of existentialism employed by Beauvoir is that developed by Jean-Paul Sartre in Being and Nothingness” (Feminism and Philosophy, 48-49). — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 400
Categorization
- QUESTION: This is the very historiographical reduction the chapter contests — worth checking how Gatens’ larger argument runs and whether it’s since been revised.
- XREF: Directly serves the reading purpose of mapping the authorship/influence debate between Beauvoir and Sartre. — connects to: Being and Nothingness culminates Sartre’s early philosophy rather than beginning with Beauvoir’s manuscript — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 244; Beauvoir studies contests her subordination to Sartre as a mere follower — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 44; Sartre’s Hegel exposure during Being and Nothingness came mediated through Beauvoir. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 246 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Being and Nothingness culminates Sartre’s early philosophy rather than beginning with Beauvoir’s manuscript
#qualifies(0.85) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 244 - Beauvoir studies contests her subordination to Sartre as a mere follower
#corroborates(0.80) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 44 - Beauvoir concealed her philosophical work to hide Sartre’s borrowings from it.
#corroborates(0.75) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 238 - Sartre’s Hegel exposure during Being and Nothingness came mediated through Beauvoir.
#contradicts(0.72) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 246