Her areas of expertise:
inequality, race, ethnicity;
the evaluation of social science knowledge;
the impact of neoliberalism on advance industrial societies
(her works were chosen by the Communication programmes)
Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986 aged 78)
.. studied mathematics, literature/langaues, philosophy
..... Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter 1958 - her youth
..... The Prime of life 1960; Force of Circumstance1963; All Said and Done1972; A Very Easy Death1964; Old Age 1972
A Discussion of an Existentialist Ethics,
The Ethics of Ambiguity (existentialist delemma = absolute freedom vs the constraints of circumstance
The Second Sex (sex-gender distinction = the distinction between biological sex and the social and historical construction of gender and its attendant stereotypes)