Introducing Sartre

Author: Philip Thody
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 1848319762
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 379

Book Description
INTRODUCING guide to the father of existentialism and one of 20th century philosophy's most famous characters. Jean-Paul Sartre was once described as being, next to Charles de Gaulle, the most famous Frenchman of the 20th century. Between the ending of the Second World War in 1945 and his death in 1980, Sartre was certainly the most famous French writer, as well as one of the best-known living philosophers. Introducing Sartre explains the basic ideas inspiring his world view, and pays particular attention to his idea of freedom. It also places his thinking on literature in the context of the 20th century debate on its nature and function. It examines his ideas on Marxism, his enthusiasm for the student rebellion of 1968, and his support for movements of national liberation in the Third World. The book also provides a succinct account of his life, and especially of the impact which his unusual childhood had on his attitude towards French society.

Introducing Sartre

Author: Philip Thody
Publisher: Icon Books
ISBN: 1840469242
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Sartre For Beginners

Author: Donald D. Palmer
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN: 1939994217
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
Sartre For Beginners is an accessible yet sophisticated introduction to the life and works of the famous French philosopher, Jean Paul Sartre. Sartre was a member of the French underground during WWII, a novelist, a playwright, and a major influence in French political and intellectual life. The book opens with a biographical section, introducing the significant events in the life of the man who coined the term “existentialism.” Then it examines Sartre’s early philosophical works. Ideas from Sartre’s other fictional and dramatic works are discussed, but the greatest part is the presentation of the main concepts from Sartre’s Being and Nothingness (1943). These include the topics of consciousness, freedom, responsibility, absurdity, “bad faith,” authenticity, and the hellish confrontation with other people. Finally, the book deals with Sartre’s modification of his early existentialism to compliment his conversion to a kind of “existential” Marxism. Sartre For Beginners summarizes the work of the most renown philosopher of the 20th Century.

Using Sartre

Author: Gregory McCulloch
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415109531
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
Written specifically for beginners to Sartre's early philospohy and the non-specialist, McCulloch clearly shows how much analytic philospohy misses when it neglects Sartre and the continental tradition in philosophy.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Author: Steven Churchill
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317546695
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Most readers of Sartre focus only on the works written at the peak of his influence as a public intellectual in the 1940s, notably "Being and Nothingness". "Jean-Paul Sartre: Key Concepts" aims to reassess Sartre and to introduce readers to the full breadth of his philosophy. Bringing together leading international scholars, the book examines concepts from across Sartre's career, from his initial views on the "inner life" of conscious experience, to his later conceptions of hope as the binding agent for a common humanity. The book will be invaluable to readers looking for a comprehensive assessment of Sartre's thinking - from his early influences to the development of his key concepts, to his legacy.

The Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre

Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400076323
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 515

Book Description
This unique selection presents the essential elements of Sartre's lifework -- organized systematically and made available in one volume for the first time in any language.

Three Philosophical Moralists

Author: George C. Kerner
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description

Forms of Life and Subjectivity

Author: Daniel Rueda Garrido
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781800642232
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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The Chips are Down

Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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No Exit

Author: Yoav Di-Capua
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022649988X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Book Description
It is a curious and relatively little-known fact that for two decades—from the end of World War II until the late 1960s—existentialism’s most fertile ground outside of Europe was in the Middle East, and Jean-Paul Sartre was the Arab intelligentsia’s uncontested champion. In the Arab world, neither before nor since has another Western intellectual been so widely translated, debated, and celebrated. By closely following the remarkable career of Arab existentialism, Yoav Di-Capua reconstructs the cosmopolitan milieu of the generation that tried to articulate a political and philosophical vision for an egalitarian postcolonial world. He tells this story by touring a fascinating selection of Arabic and Hebrew archives, including unpublished diaries and interviews. Tragically, the warm and hopeful relationships forged between Arab intellectuals, Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and others ended when, on the eve of the 1967 war, Sartre failed to embrace the Palestinian cause. Today, when the prospect of global ethical engagement seems to be slipping ever farther out of reach, No Exit provides a timely, humanistic account of the intellectual hopes, struggles, and victories that shaped the Arab experience of decolonization and a delightfully wide-ranging excavation of existentialism’s non-Western history.