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Informationen zum Autor Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980) became the emblematic French thinker of his generation. His hugely influential writings - ranging across philosophy, novels, stories, plays, and political pamphlets - include Being and Nothingness , Critique of Dialectical Reason , Nausea , The Words , The Flies , and No Exit . Klappentext Jean-Paul Sartre was undoubtedly one of the greatest and most popular philosophers of the 20th Century. Also a prominent novelist! playwright and biographer! Sartre was! above all! the embodiment of the engag intellectual! active in a variety of political causes! as well as an individual who attempted to live his life in accordance with the philosophy he professed. It was this that gave his lifelong preoccupation with freedom! choice and what he came to refer to as social conditioning! its cutting edge. Sartre's life was in many ways an illustration of his brand of existentialism in action. These three interviews! including one with Simone de Beauvoir! take Sartre on a wide-ranging tour of his philosophy and politics. Topics discussed include "freedom of choice!" his uneasy relationship with Freudian concepts! his debates with Marx! and his acute observations on drama! the Cultural Revolution! Stalinism! women's rights! the May "Events" and of course! the Vietnam War. Their breadth remains a testimony to one man's attempt to make philosophical sense of the tumultuous world around him. Zusammenfassung Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the greatest and most popular philosophers of the 20th Century. This work features two interviews! which take Sartre on a tour of his philosophy and politics. It is useful for anyone interested in Sartre's philosophical! political and ethical development. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTSInterview one:ITINERARY OF A THOUGHT: INTERVIEW WITH JEAN-PAUL SARTRE by Perry Anderson! Ronald Fraser! Quintin HoareInterview two:QUERIES TO JEAN-PAUL SARTRE by Simone de BeauvoirInterview three:WAR CRIMES: IMPERIALIST MORALITY by Perry Anderson! Ronald Fraser! Quintin Hoare ...
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Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980) became the emblematic French thinker of his generation. His hugely influential writings - ranging across philosophy, novels, stories, plays, and political pamphlets - include
Being and Nothingness,
Critique of Dialectical Reason,
Nausea,
The Words,
The Flies, and
No Exit.
