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Reciprocity and Friendship in Beauvoiris Thought
- Hypatia
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 14, Number 4, Fall 1999
- pp. 36-49
- 10.1353/hyp.2005.0039
- Article
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For Simone de Beauvoir, the opposition of subjects is not inescapable as it may be resolved by a relation of reciprocal recognition. I discuss formulations of reciprocity and the problem of the other as outlined in Beauvoir's 1927 diary and her memoir, La Force de l'âge, then turn to examine the account of lesbianism in Le Deuxième sexe.