Tracing the Influence of Simone de Beauvoir in Judith Butler’s Work

Beauvoir’s existentialist ethics relates to and informs eminently contemporary accounts of feminist in the Western continental canon. To date only a few scholars have emphasized this connection. In work, I show centrality Beauvoirian philosophy philosophical discussions by elucidating influence on Judith Butler’s philosophy. While acknowledge other possible influences, especially French philosophers, find it important emphasize contributions as they not received attention deserve. My paper shows how account agency an ambiguous becoming reverberates theory gender performativity developed her early writings. consider roots based perception subject that never coincides with itself. also discuss Butler takes some basic ethical questions which Beauvoir already accentuates focus three main points intersection between two are vulnerability interconnectedness, violence inevitability failure, finally ambiguity opaqueness come situated ethics.