▁under grad uate ▁and ▁post grad uate ▁courses ▁in ▁European ▁Studies ▁and ▁Liter ature ▁and ▁Modern ity . ▁She ▁retired ▁c . 2 0 0 9 , ▁becoming ▁Emer it us ▁Professor . ▁ ▁Cont ribution s ▁S oper ▁is ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁and ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁over ▁a ▁dozen ▁books ▁on ▁femin ism ▁and ▁Cont inental ▁Philosoph y , ▁address ing ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Jean - Paul ▁S art re , ▁Karl ▁Marx ▁and ▁Sim one ▁de ▁Beau voir , ▁among ▁others . ▁Her ▁other ▁main ▁contributions ▁have ▁been ▁to ▁consumption ▁theory ▁and ▁environmental ▁philosophy . ▁She ▁is ▁known ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁critic ▁of ▁post - struct ural ist ▁femin ism . ▁ ▁She ▁has ▁also ▁translated ▁several ▁texts ▁into ▁English , ▁including ▁includes ▁Ch iod i ’ s ▁S art re ▁And ▁Marx ism , ▁Sebast iano ▁T imp an aro ’ s ▁The ▁Fre ud ian ▁S lip , ▁Bob bio ’ s ▁Liberal ism ▁And ▁Dem ocracy ▁( with ▁Martin ▁R yle ), ▁and ▁( with ▁Martin ▁R yle ) ▁G in zburg ’ s ▁Wood en ▁E yes . ▁ ▁She ▁has ▁been ▁involved ▁in ▁several ▁environmental ist ▁and ▁peace ▁movements ▁in ▁both ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁Europe ▁and ▁her ▁writing ▁addresses ▁radical ▁e colog ical ▁issues . ▁She ▁regularly ▁contributed ▁columns ▁or ▁editor ial ▁content ▁to ▁the ▁journ als ▁Rad ical ▁Philosoph y , ▁New ▁Left ▁Review ▁and ▁Capital ism , ▁Nature , ▁Social ism ▁and , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ,