Why was Simone de Beauvoir put on the Index?

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Also, what does that amount to, exactly? Are Catholics forbidden to read her on pain of excommunication, or what?

Any studies or references on this subject welcome.
 
FrankLJ said:
Also, what does that amount to, exactly? Are Catholics forbidden to read her on pain of excommunication, or what?

Any studies or references on this subject welcome.
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I’m not sure, but it was probably because she was an Athiest Existentialist, militant feminist.

The Architects of the Culture of Death is a good book that has a chapter on her. This approaches the subject from a philosophical perspective, and not from a theological one. It places her in the context of her relationship with Satre, and the draws out the moral implications of her philosophy.

Hope this helps,
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Do you have a link? I looked it up, but I only see Sartre on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, not de Beauvoir.
 
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