Top Article: Astonishing Anthropologist Nov 9, 2009
For, unlike other thinkers who dominated the French intellectual scene after the WW II - Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus and Raymond Aron among others - he was seldom embroiled in the political and ideological debates of the day. Add to this the limited appeal of his books. (India Times, India)
Claude Levi-Strauss, 100; his ideas, research transformed anthropology Nov 5, 2009
He obtained degrees in law and philosophy at the University of Paris, then taught in a local high school, the Lycee Janson de Sailly, where his fellow teachers included Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. In 1941, Dr. Levi-Strauss fled Nazi Germany s invasion of France and became a visiting professor at the New School for Social Research in New York, with help from the Rockefeller Foundation. (Boston Globe)
Novelist NDiaye wins France's top literary prize Nov 3, 2009
Past recipients include Marcel Proust, Simone de Beauvoir and Marguerite Duras. Last year, exiled Afghan writer Atiq Rahimi won the Goncourt prize for "Syngue Sabour," a novel about the misery of a woman caring for a husband left brain-damaged by a war wound. (MSNBC -- International)
Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
Typical of the systemic philistinism of women's studies programs from the 1970s on, strong voices like those of McCarthy, Simone de Beauvoir and Germaine Greer were excluded from the maudlin, victim-centric curriculum. Things began to change in scattered quarters in the 1990s, thanks to a new generation of more open-minded feminists, but it is certainly the case that the overwhelming majority of women literature majors in this country are graduating without ever having heard Mary McCarthy's... (Salon)
Bardot and Loren still sex goddesses at 75... Sep 21, 2009
Bardot, said feminist writer Simone de Beauvoir, "does what she pleases and that is what upsets.". Loren on the other hand, 75 on Sunday, was an illegitimate child raised by a single mother in abject poverty in the war-torn slums outside Naples. (The Drudge Report)
Lorrie Moore’s ‘At Gate at the Stairs’ not entirely plausible Sep 20, 2009
For Tassie, whose brain she tells us is on fire with Chaucer, Sylvia Plath, Simone de Beauvoir, Dellacrosse and its inhabitants constitute a kind of jokey curse from the start. Like his daughter, Tassie s father is practiced at making up original responses. (Boston Globe)
Labor Day Full of Plays in Lenox Sep 4, 2009
" Tickets for festival productions are a $16 suggested donation per show, or a $60 suggested donation for a Festival Pass, which gives admittance to all seven performances. For information call the box office at 413-637-3353 or visit the newly redesigned Web site at www.shakespeare.org. In addition to "Goat" and the puppet show, offerings include "Mengelburg and Mahler," a one-man show portraying critical moments in the life of Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg, an early champion and friend of... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
What Kate did next Jul 26, 2009
"When I joined the band, they'd talk about Simone de Beauvoir, existentialism, the term 'dialectic materialism' got thrown around. They'd say it all the time, just to show off, I'm sure. They could tell I was a complete utter ingenue. And they thought that was pretty cute, until the ingenue spoke. Then they wanted to know, 'Could you just zip it?' ". It's difficult to imagine Ceberano zipping it, and when she starts talking about her wish for Mark Seymour that he never succumbs to the temptation... (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Supreme Leader Marcello Mastroianni Jul 22, 2009
LMDQ's Triumph eventually brought us to our final destination - the Saint-Germain-des-Pres, one of the few, mythic, small Parisian movie houses surviving in an otherwise mythical quartier which had seen a more meaningful existence (and we're not even talking about Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir rewiring the world at the Cafe de Flore). That was when the psychoanalysis bookshop Le Divan, a stone's throw from the cinema, had not yet been demolished to make way for a Dior outlet. (Asia Times Online)
No Satisfaction Jul 19, 2009
FAMED French existentialist Jean- Paul Sartre had a lifelong affair with philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, but was turned off by her voracious sex drive, a new bio reveals. "Sartre was be wildered by the sexual demands made of him, which he found impossible to meet," writes Carole Seymour-Jones in "A Dangerous Liaison," out in Septem ber. (New York Post -- Gossip)
An insightful, if worshipful, look at Albert Camus Jul 19, 2009
Heralded as a thinker and writer by Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, he became part of their cadre, joining the fiestas with the heavy drinking, dancing, casual sex, and desperate fun. At the same time he was editing the pro-Resistance journal Combat, writing and staging plays, and before long trying to shrug off the existentialist tag conferred by the international press. (Boston Globe)
Top 5 free Paris events in June Jun 16, 2009
Check out the online program , or just stumble into any of the following locations from 11am to midnight and see what's shaking: le Centre d'Animation des Halles du Marais (68 place Carre, Forum des Halles, 1st arrondissement), le Centre de Danse du Marais (41 rue du Temple, 4th arrondissement), Bercy Village (28 rue Franois Truffaut, 12th arrondissement), la Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir (bridge over the Seine in the 13th arrondissement), le Parc des Buttes Chaumont (19th... (MSNBC -- Travel)
Women Really Are More Socially Aggressive Than Men (With Apologies to Jezebel.com) May 30, 2009
I adore feminist legends such as Simone de Beauvoir as much as anyone (she s a particular existentialist close to my heart, in fact), but ignoring what we ve learned about biologically based differences between the sexes, and how they influence social behavior is, well, colossally dumb these days. In addition to the work of Hess and Hagen that I discussed in my last post, you might, for example, find University of Durham psychologist ongoing research on sex differences and aggression especially... (Scientific American)
Room of Her Own May 25, 2009
Deeper social currents were at work, so that what might have receded into the realm of curious sociology as Simone de Beauvoir s 1949 effort had became instead a mainstream movement populated by millions of average women ... Simone de Beauvoir had written, No woman should be authorized to stay at home and raise her children. (The American Conservative)
Two visions for 20th District Mar 8, 2009
In the special election for the 20th Congressional District, Murphy's campaign commercials feature the Hogan family as well as Murphy and Hogan's children: Simone, 7, named for French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir; Lux, 5, which is Latin for "light"; and 3-year-old Duke, named after a Hogan family friend. Jennifer Hogan, 41, holds a doctorate degree in philosophy and education from Columbia University. (Albany Times Union)
What’s Happening (20) Mar 1, 2009
Great Books Discussion Group II meets at 2 p.m. at the Joyner-Green Valley Library to discuss Introduction to the Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir. The group meets on the second and fourth Monday of the month from October to mid-May and new members are welcome. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
