{"product_id":"9780252097188","title":"Wartime Diary","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten from September 1939 to January 1941, Simone de Beauvoir’s \u003ci\u003eWartime Diary\u003c\/i\u003e gives English readers unabridged access to one of the scandalous texts that threaten to overturn traditional views of Beauvoir’s life and work. Beauvoir’s account of her clandestine affair with Jacques Bost and sexual relationships with various young women challenges the conventional picture of Beauvoir as the devoted companion of Jean-Paul Sartre, just as her account of completing her novel \u003ci\u003eShe Came to Stay\u003c\/i\u003e at a time when Sartre’s philosophy in \u003ci\u003eBeing and Nothingness\u003c\/i\u003e was barely begun calls into question the traditional view of Beauvoir’s novel as merely illustrating Sartre’s philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost important, the \u003ci\u003eWartime Diary\u003c\/i\u003e provides an exciting account of Beauvoir’s philosophical transformation from the prewar solipsism of She Came to Stay to the postwar political engagement of \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e. This edition also features previously unpublished material, including her musings about consciousness and order, recommended reading lists, and notes on labor unions. In providing new insights into Beauvoir’s philosophical development, the \u003ci\u003eWartime Diary\u003c\/i\u003e promises to rewrite a crucial chapter of Western philosophy and intellectual history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074199503088,"sku":"9780252097188","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780252097188_p0.jpg?v=1763680476","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780252097188","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}