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A review by robforteath
The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir
4.0
A lot of brilliant passages in this book, which is unfortunately a tough slog because it reads largely like an unorganised stream of consciousness. It could be a much more pleasant experience if it had:
i) something like paragraphs
ii) sensible chapters
iii) some pruning of the myriad tangents and asides.
If you make it through to the end, you are rewarded. The final few pages of the main section, plus the conclusion, pull together everything you have read. It's a very strong defense of existentialism against the attacks that were then active but have since become cliches.
i) something like paragraphs
ii) sensible chapters
iii) some pruning of the myriad tangents and asides.
If you make it through to the end, you are rewarded. The final few pages of the main section, plus the conclusion, pull together everything you have read. It's a very strong defense of existentialism against the attacks that were then active but have since become cliches.