Sartre : a guide for the perplexed / Gary Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, Gary, 1964-

Series:

Guides for the perplexed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.

Sartre, Jean-Paul.

Physical Description:

xiii, 178 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2006.

Summary:

Provides an introduction to the work of Sartre, the twentieth-century thinker and writer. This book identifies four themes that run through his oeuvre, consciousness, freedom, bad faith and authenticity, and explores them, building up an overview of Sartre's philosophy in its entirety. It covers the core concepts that recur throughout his work.

Contents:

Part 1 Consciousness 1

1 Being-for-Itself 3

2 Being-for-Others 42

3 The Body 49

Part 2 Freedom 59

4 Existential Freedom 61

Part 3 Bad Faith 89

5 The Phenomenon of Bad Faith 91

6 The Faith of Bad Faith - The Primitive Project 123

Part 4 Authenticity 131

7 Sartre on Authenticity 133

8 Sartre and Nietzsche 146

9 Sartre and Heidegger 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172) and index.

ISBN:

082648705X

0826487068

OCLC:

61247159