B1 Non-refereed journal articles
Margaret A. Simons, Rebel at Heart (2021)

Simons, M. A., & Ruonakoski, E. (2021). Margaret A. Simons, Rebel at Heart. Simone de Beauvoir Studies, 31(2), 317-335. https://doi.org/10.1163/25897616-bja10008

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Simons, Margaret A.; Ruonakoski, Erika

Journal or series: Simone de Beauvoir Studies

ISSN: 1063-2042

eISSN: 2589-7616

Publication year: 2021

Publication date: 06/09/2021

Volume: 31

Issue number: 2

Pages range: 317-335

Publisher: Brill

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/25897616-bja10008

Publication open access: Not open

Publication channel open access: 

Additional information: Interview.

Abstract

In this interview, Margaret A. Simons describes her path to philosophy and existentialism, her struggles in the male-dominated field in the 1960s and 1970s, and her political activism in the civil rights and women’s liberation movements. She also discusses her encounters with Simone de Beauvoir and Beauvoir’s refusal to own her philosophical originality, suggesting that Beauvoir may have adopted a more conventional narrative of a female intellectual to circumvent the public’s resistance to her radical ideas in the 1950s.

Keywords: philosophers; existentialism; politics; political participation; civil rights movements; human rights; feminism; woman's status; interviews

Free keywords: Simons, Margaret A.; women in philosophy; civil rights; women’s liberation; Beauvoir, Simone de; turning points

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2021