Penelope Deutscher is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. Prior to this role, she taught in the department of Philosophy at the Australian National University, Professor Deutscher is a member of several distinguished associations, including the American Philosophical Association, the International Association of Philosophy and Literature, and the Society for Women in Philosophy.

'… Deutscher elegantly unpicks some of the assumptions behind Beauvoir's work … The case which [she] argues here is both powerful and very subtle and she is able to bring together the various strands in Beauvoir's work in a way which is extremely helpful and illuminating. … little to fault … Penelope Deutscher has made a very considerable contribution to scholarship about Beauvoir.' Marx and Philosophy Review of Books

• Introduction: Simone de Beauvoir's conversions; 1. Conversions of ambiguity; 2. American bad faith; 3. Conversions of repetition; 4. Conversions of alterity: race, sex, age; 5. Conversions of reciprocity; Conclusion.

Penelope Deutscher is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. Prior to this role, she taught in the department of Philosophy at the Australian National University, Professor Deutscher is a member of several distinguished associations, including the American Philosophical Association, the International Association of Philosophy and Literature, and the Society for Women in Philosophy.

'… Deutscher elegantly unpicks some of the assumptions behind Beauvoir's work … The case which [she] argues here is both powerful and very subtle and she is able to bring together the various strands in Beauvoir's work in a way which is extremely helpful and illuminating. … little to fault … Penelope Deutscher has made a very considerable contribution to scholarship about Beauvoir.' Marx and Philosophy Review of Books

• Introduction: Simone de Beauvoir's conversions; 1. Conversions of ambiguity; 2. American bad faith; 3. Conversions of repetition; 4. Conversions of alterity: race, sex, age; 5. Conversions of reciprocity; Conclusion.