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Iris Murdoch found one of Sartre's discussions with a Marxist interesting, but otherwise considered Existentialism and Humanism to be "a rather bad little book." [10] Mary Warnock believed Sartre was right to dismiss the work. [4] Gilles Deleuze and Michel Tournier were in attendance and also found the lecture disappointing. [11]
In the wake of Being and Nothingness, Sartre became concerned with reconciling his concept of freedom with concrete social subjects and was strongly influenced in this regard by his friend and associate Maurice Merleau-Ponty, whose writings in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including Sense and Non-Sense, were pioneering a path towards a synthesis of existentialism and Marxism. [9]
What Is Literature? (French: Qu'est-ce que la littérature?: ), also published as Literature and Existentialism, [1] 1] is an essay by French philosopher and novelist Jean-Paul Sartre, published by Gallimard in 1948.
Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology (French: L'Être et le néant : Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique), sometimes published with the subtitle A Phenomenological Essay on Ontology, is a 1943 book by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. In the book, Sartre develops a philosophical account in support of his existentialism ...
Sartre Studies International is a journal published by Berghahn Books in association with the United Kingdom Sartre Society and North American Sartre Society, and focuses on the philosophical, literary and political issues originating in existentialism, and explores the continuing vitality of existentialist and Sartrean ideas in contemporary society and culture.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Books by Jean-Paul Sartre" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total ...
Heidegger responds to Sartre's famous address, Existentialism is a Humanism, employing modes of being in an attempt to ground his concept of freedom ontologically by distinguishing between being-in-itself and being-for-itself. Sartre's existentialism is criticized in the letter: Existentialism says existence precedes essence.
Jean-Paul Sartre: The book highlights Sartre’s contribution to existentialism, particularly his ideas on radical freedom and personal responsibility, as expressed in works such as Being and Nothingness. Simone de Beauvoir: Known for The Second Sex, de Beauvoir’s exploration of gender and the existentialist view on freedom are key topics ...