Sartre For Beginners.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Donald.

Series:

For Beginners

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Existentialism--Comic books, strips, etc.

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980--Comic books, strips, etc.

Local Subjects:

Existentialism--Comic books, strips, etc.

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980--Comic books, strips, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cork : Red Wheel Weiser, 2007.

Summary:

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 greates

Contents:

Cover; Copyright Page; Title Page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; First Page; Chapter 1 - WHO IS JEAN-PAUL SARTRE?; Chapter 2 - EXISTENTIALISM; Chapter 3 - PHENOMENOLOGY; Chapter 4 - THE TRANSCENDENCE OF THE EGO; Chapter 5 - NAUSEA; Chapter 6 - BEING AND NOTHINGNESS; THE NOTHINGNESS IN BEING; TIME. PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE; ANGUISH; VALUE; BAD FAITH; Sincerity; Other People; RESPONSIBILITY; THE DESIRE TO BE GOD; THE SELF AS AN ""ORIGINAL PROJECT.""; EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOANALYSIS; Chapter 7 - ""EXISTENTIALISM IS A HUMANISM""; EXISTENTIAL ETHICS; Chapter 8 - THE CRITIQUE OF DIALECTICAL REASON; THE DIALECTIC

TOTALIZATIONCOLLECTIVES; THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND STALINISM; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SOURCES OF QUOTED PASSAGES; GLOSSARY; INDEX; Last Page; Insert

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781939994219

1939994217

OCLC:

882778702