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Exploring The Other's Concept Of Simone De Beauvoir

Posted on:2007-04-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D H QinFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360185480956Subject:Foreign philosophy
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"The other" This philosophy terminology, it is marking the West and even the world-wide ideological and cultural conditions for all parties concerned a strong note in the 20th century the 1960s. In contrast: it is the main philosophy of history forgotten by the people. Although the Other was abused in the past and at the present ,but in practice its doctrine still has broad prospects of development.It reflectes the diversity of the world in different geographical, national, ethnic, systems, beliefs, race Especially in the process of globalization today .whether are they integrated to the same background of a large? In fact, this is how to dispose of the heterogeneous nature of the Other's problems. Simone de Beauvoir proprosed the proposition "women are the other" in The Second Sex, she stood on the position of women, to the unique identity and the feminist perspective -- the Other criticized those who are themselves on the status of the Other to be discussed.Beauvoir analysize the nature of the Other, "women are the other" demonstrated female as those of the other's inner nature, alienation state, passive, negative and negative characteristics of the population in the gender relations. At the same time the Other also describes the history of female's history, and in this historical process, women had been excluded from the outside civilization as a whole ,they are secondary persons, "second class". It is based on the existential position to explore and analysize the concept of the Other for Beauvoir . As a person of the other's existence, a comfortable existence, this is really a non-existence of a loss of self-existence. Beauvoir discussioned the issue, in fact, it involves two linked issues, that is Sartre was faced with two problems of exist : one is the existence of the Other and the Other own concept of identity;another is the relationship between the Self and the Other and between the Mitsein and the Other, that is, the relative nature of the Other in order to further define the true meaning.The reciprocity of "the Other" concept itself had indicated real sexes relation should be truly one kind relation that has the relativity and the coexistence, and as a result of this kind of reciprocity and coexistence, each side should not only be the main body but also is an object, not only is the Self but also is the Other, They coexist in a community, it can Finally realize men's and...
Keywords/Search Tags:the Other, Feminism, the Self, Mitsein, Existentialism
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