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A dangerous liaison follows the extraordinary partnership of Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, spanning more than five decades of shared research, writing and philosophical debate. The book examines how their evolving modes of thought—ranging from existentialist inquiry to feminist critique—interplayed with personal hardships such as Sartre’s alcoholism and Beauvoir’s open homosexuality. It also explores the couple’s controversial political affiliations, revealing how public and private lives meshed to produce a lasting influence on 20th‑century philosophy, literature and feminist thought.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Carole Seymour-Jones
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