Maybe because of Hubert Dreyfus?

Beauvoir mentions Malaparte by name in Section 5 "Ambiguity". (I'm not a paid subscriber, so I couldn't comment.)

"Which means that political action ought to be strictly negative. A politically active individual has no need to forge human nature; it is enough for him to eliminate the obstacles that might prevent him from blossoming."

"there was an immutable human nature. Man was man the way a circle is a circle: once and for all. [...]

"Reality with drew to the ultimate terms of the decomposition. The latter indeed -- and such is the second postulate of analysis -- retain unalterably their essential properties, whether they enter into a compound or exist in a free state. [...]

"Everything was analyzed; in a single gesture, air and water were reduced to their elements, mind to the sum of impressions composing it, society to the sum total of individuals it comprised. [...]

Are you aware of Hupsi, the sausage that rises from its jar once heated? See www.instagram.com/reel/DB8m55R...

Thanks for compiling this!

Ah, true

Sartre?

Take care!

He holds up his paw in honor of his uncle Buddy, who hurt his paw.

Noel, son of Swirly.