Simone de Beauvoir: a woman philosopher in the context of her generation / Claude Imbert ; trans. E. Grosholz -- Towards a friendly, transatlantic critique of The second sex / Michèle Le Doeuff ; trans. E. Grosholz -- While we wait: notes on the English translation of The second sex / Toril Moi -- Complicity and slavery in The second sex / Susan James -- Simone de Beauvoir and human dignity / Catherine Wilson -- Must we read Simone de Beauvoir? / Nancy Bauer -- Meaning what we say: the 'politics of theory' and the responsibility of intellectuals / Toril Moi -- Saying what we mean / Anne Stevenson -- The house we never leave: childhood, shelter and freedom in the writings of Beauvoir and Colette / Emily R. Grosholz.