Question

A thinker from this movement argues that narcissists who identify themselves through mirrors thus destroy themselves. A book by another author from this movement analyzes sex through his concept of “the look.” “Lived (-5[1])Experience” titles the second volume of a book by a feminist author from this movement that posits the title group as the “Other” and claims (-5[1])“one is not born, but becomes, a woman.” (-5[2])A thinker from this movement who used a stiff waiter to illustrate “bad faith” had a relationship with the author of The Second Sex and wrote Being and Nothingness. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this philosophical movement of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[4])

ANSWER: existentialism [accept word forms like existentialist; prompt on continental philosophy; prompt on feminism or feminist philosophy or second-wave feminism before “feminist” is read by asking “what other philosophical movement is that feminist thinker associated with?”]
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Orion KellerVirginia Tech ALiberty C32-5
Koji BilbaoDuke AWilliam & Mary57-5
Malachi LedfordTusculumAppalachian State B65-5
John GambleNC StateAppalachian State A65-5
Timothy PorterVCUVirginia9410
Summer SolisJames Madison AJames Madison B9710
Ivan SumaneevUNC CDuke B10810
Diego AlmarazUNC ALiberty B1090
Zachary BornsteinVirginia Tech BUNC D1090
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State ANC State10910
Miller DoerrLiberty BUNC A1090
Derek AldridgeWilliam & MaryDuke A1090
Michael EngUNC DVirginia Tech B10910