Simone de Beauvoir e Judith Butler: similarities and differences and the political action criteria

• Grant number: 13/18477-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: December 01, 2013
• End date: February 28, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy
• Principal Investigator: Edson Luis de Almeida Teles
• Grantee: Djamila Taís Ribeiro dos Santos
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The main goal fo our research is to promote a comparative analysis between Simone de Beauvoir and Judith Butler, in their work, "The sencond sex" and "Gender Trouble". We will expose their philosophical theory about woman situation and see how it can be used in termos of a political action. (AU)