Jean-Paul Sartre: Basic Writings / Edition 1

by Jean-Paul Sartre, Stephen Priest

Overview

Jean-Paul Sartre is one of the most famous philosophers of the twentieth century. The principle founder of existentialism, a political thinker and famous novelist and dramatist, his work has exerted enormous influence in philosophy, literature, politics and cultural studies.
Jean-Paul Sartre: Basic Writings is the first collection of Sartre's key philosophical writings and provides an indispensable resource for all students and readers of his work. Stephen Priest's clear and helpful introductions set each reading in context, making the volume an ideal companion to those coming to Sartre's writings for the first time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415213677
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/23/2000
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stephen Priest is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and a visiting scholar of Wolfson College, Oxford. He is the author of The British Empiricists, Theories of the Mind, Merleau-Ponty and The Subject in Question and also editor of Hegel's Critique of Kant.

Table of Contents

Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Existentialism; 3. Phenomenology; 4. Emotion; 5. Imagination; 6. Being; 7. Nothingness; 8. Time; 9. Freedom; 10. Ethics; 11. Bad Faith; 12. Others; 13. Psychoanalysis; 14. Literature; 15. The Work of Art; 16. Politics

Editorial Reviews

'An invaluable introduction to Sartre's philosophy'. - Times Literary Supplement

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