Simone de Beauvoir: Feminist thinker for modern times
Simone de Beauvoir influenced the worlds of philosophy, literature and politics - and the way we see women today. Rajan Datar and guests discuss her life, work and legacy.
Simone de Beauvoir was a French philosopher and writer whose work exploring what it is to be a woman shaped feminist thinking today. A pioneering intellectual, she used her existential ideas around freedom and responsibility to shape her life, literature and politics.
Rajan Datar discusses her life and work with writers Claudine Monteil and Lisa Appignanesi, and philosopher Tove Pettersen.
Photo: Simone de Beauvoir (Getty Images)
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- Sat 26 May 2018 19:06GMT大象传媒 World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, South Asia & UK DAB/Freeview only
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