Sartre Explained: From Bad Faith to Authenticity - Brossura

Detmer, David

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ISBN 10: 081269631X ISBN 13: 9780812696318

Casa editrice: Open Court Pub Co, 2008

Riassunto

"A guide to the work of Jean-Paul Sartre addressing his major theories and how the different strands of his thought are interrelated, and overviewing works from all of his literary genres including philosophical writings, novels, and plays"--Provided by publisher.

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Recensione

David Detmer’s Sartre Explained is undoubtedly the best introduction to Jean-Paul Sartre’s ideas available today. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in Sartre.”
Matthew Eshleman, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Detmer explores the implications of Sartre’s work both for ourselves and for our world, and in so doing he makes Sartre come alive. Sartre’s most complicated philosophical doctrines are rendered comprehensible without sacrificing rigor, and his most counterintuitive political positions are shown to be more compelling than they are often taken to be.”
David Sherman, author of Sartre and Adorno

Detmer has managed to boil down Sartre without losing any of the flavor. This readable book, written in lucid and lively prose, straightforwardly addresses the hard, important issues in Sartre.”
T Storm Heter, author of Sartre’s Ethics of Engagement

Detmer’s Sartre Explained convincingly demonstrates how important Sartre is for us today, and places Sartre front and center as a giant of the twentieth century whose stature will be felt well beyond the twenty-first. Detmer’s deft treatment of Sartre’s most abstruse ideas, and his use of creative examples to tackle difficult problems and concepts, makes this a most welcome and inviting guide for those unfamiliar with Sartre’s work. Scholars will appreciate the depth of analysis and rigor.”
Gail E. Linsenbard, author of An Investigation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Posthumously Published Notebooks for an Ethics

"Detmer (philosophy, Purdue U. Calumet) introduces the work of French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-80), explaining how his writings on existentialism, his fiction and plays, and his political activism were all part of his attempt to describe the salient features of human existence such as freedom, responsibility, emotions, human relations, work, and death."
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L'autore

David Detmer is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University Calumet and Executive Editor of Sartre Studies International.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Open Court Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 081269631X
• ISBN 13: 9780812696318
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 233