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Conversations with Jean-Paul Sartre

By Jean-Paul Sartre , Simone de Beauvoir

Book information

Publisher
Seagull Books
Year
2006
ISBN
1905422016, 9781905422012
Open Library ID
OL17206716M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3294650 bytes)
Pages
119\119
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Jean-Paul Sartre, novelist, playwright, biographer, was undoubtedly one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century.  Above all, however, he was an 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. These interviews take Sartre on a wide-ranging tour of his philosophy and politics.  Here we have Simone de Beauvoir challenging Sartre on his own attitude towards machismo and feminism; and Sartre responding thoughtfully to questions which range from Freud, Marx, and the drama of Bertolt Brecht to the Cultural Revolution, Stalinism, the May 'Events' and of course, the US war on Vietnam.  Their breadth remains a testimony to one man's attempt to make philosophical sense of the tumultuous world around him.

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