The transcendence-immanence polarity is Beauvoir’s distinctive conceptual contribution
Evidence
Next, in the domain of ontology, as can be seen especially in Th e Second Sex, Beauvoir attributes far more importance to the polarity transcendence– immanence than Sartre ever did. It is an especially useful conceptual vehicle for her to employ in explicating men’s historical domination over women as well as, of course, the possibility of this situation’s fi nally being overcome in the foreseeable future. Th ere is simply nothing comparable in the early Sartre. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 537
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to feminist readings of Beauvoir as independent philosopher; the polarity is heavily used in The Second Sex and marks a break from Sartrean ontology. — connects to: Beauvoir’s concept of transcendence evolves from Sartre’s metaphysics toward an active Hegelian sense — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 591; Beauvoir’s transcendence and immanence derive from gendered biology, not Sartrean metaphysics — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 600; Beauvoir innovated by pairing Hegel’s immanence with transcendence only in The Second Sex — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 594 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Beauvoir’s concept of transcendence evolves from Sartre’s metaphysics toward an active Hegelian sense
#expands(0.82) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 591 - Beauvoir’s transcendence and immanence derive from gendered biology, not Sartrean metaphysics
#contradicts(0.80) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 600 - Beauvoir innovated by pairing Hegel’s immanence with transcendence only in The Second Sex
#expands(0.78) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 594 - Beauvoir’s concept of transcendence developed independently from Sartre’s, not from borrowing
#expands(0.75) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 576