Sally J. Scholz & Shannon M. Mussett 
The Contradictions of Freedom 
Philosophical Essays on Simone de Beauvoir’s The Mandarins

Introduction
Sally J. Scholz and Shannon M. Mussett

1. The Conflict of Ideologies in The Mandarins: Communism and Democracy, Then and Now
William L. Mc Bride

2. Sustained Praxis: The Challenge of Solidarity in The Mandarins and Beyond
Sally J. Scholz

3. Living on Rails: Freedom, Constraint, and Political Judgment in Beauvoir
Sonia Kruks

4. Testimony, Historicité, and the Intellectual in Simone de Beauvoir
Ursula Tidd

5. The Return of Commitment: Simone de Beauvoir
Karen Vintges

6. “Politics Is a Living Thing”: The Intellectual’s Dilemma in Beauvoir’s The Mandarins
Gail Weiss

7. Personal Choice and the Seduction of the Absolute in The Mandarins
Shannon M. Mussett

8. Love, Theory, and Politics: Critical Trinities in Simone de Beauvoir
Jen Mc Weeny

9. Simone de Beauvoir on Achieving Subjectivity
Thomas W. Busch

10. When a Woman Loves a Man: Ownness and Otherness in The Mandarins
Eleanore Holveck