Reconsidering utopia: the political subject and political-ethical action in Simone de Beauvoir's philosophy and fiction
| dc.contributor.author | Wood, Benjamin Andrew | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Lecce, Steven (Political Studies) Renée, Louise (French, Spanish & Italian) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Ogrodnick, Margaret (Political Studies) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-12T17:32:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-12T17:32:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-09-12 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Political Studies | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In her philosophical writings, Simone de Beauvoir argues our existence is defined by an inability to possess an objective understanding of our being. This fundamental ambiguity turns us towards a process of having-to-be – a series of attempts to define who we wish to become and the world we wish to establish. Through a reading of Beauvoir's novel, The Mandarins, I produce an outline of the political subject and a philosophy of political- ethical action that properly navigates this ambiguity. By committing to utopian political projects that aim at universalizing the conditions for collective self-emancipation, the political subject engages in political-ethical action that is a total manifestation of having- to-be at the same time as being. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2011 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4897 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Simone de Beauvoir | en_US |
| dc.subject | Political Subject | en_US |
| dc.subject | Political Action | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Philosophy and Fiction | en_US |
| dc.subject | The Mandarins | en_US |
| dc.title | Reconsidering utopia: the political subject and political-ethical action in Simone de Beauvoir's philosophy and fiction | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |