Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. Already a member? Sign in.
|
|||||||||
Frequently Bought Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Charles B. Guignon  (4)
$31.90
|
The Cambridge Companion to Kant (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Paul Guyer (4)
$29.50
|
The Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Bernd Magnus  (2)
$32.20
|
Being And Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre (57)
$12.24
|
The Cambridge Companion to Descartes (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by John Cottingham  (2)
$37.23
|
Editorial Reviews
Review
"...if these essays show anything, it is that Sartre's thinking achieves a level of richness and complexity, and of subtlety and attention to nuance, that is not captured in the popular (and quite accessible) caricature of him as a rip-roaring, nihilistic existentialist, who popularized simplistic clichés about absurdity, meaninglessness, anguish, and despair, and who advocated an extreme and utterly unrealistic theory of freedom and responsibility. The authors and editor are to be commended, not only for effectively countering this mistaken impression, and for replacing it with something both more accurate and more interesting, but also for doing so without excessive apologetics." Ethics
"It is good...to see within the broad scope of this [book] that Being and Nothingness has been accorded a fresh look and that the enduring fertility and influence of Sartre's ideas have been re-established." Philosophical Books
"...for those with some interest in his thought already, the book is well worth dipping into where the essays address topics of interest-- and those with a deeper interest in Sartre will want to read it from cover to cover. It certainly is a volume that belongs in every library collection, both graduate and undergraduate." Canadian Philosophical Review
Product Description
This is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date surveys of the philosophy of Sartre, by some of the foremost interpreters in the United States and Europe. The essays are both expository and original, and cover Sartre's writings on ontology, phenomenology, psychology, ethics, and aesthetics, as well as his work on history, commitment, and progress; a final section considers Sartre's relationship to structuralism and deconstruction. Providing a balanced view of Sartre's philosophy and situating it in relation to contemporary trends in Continental philosophy, the volume shows that many of the topics associated with Lacan, Foucault, Lévi-Strauss, and Derrida are to be found in the work of Sartre, in some cases as early as 1936. A special feature of the volume is the treatment of the recently published and hitherto little studied posthumous works. Thus new readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Sartre currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Sartre.
See all Editorial Reviews
"...if these essays show anything, it is that Sartre's thinking achieves a level of richness and complexity, and of subtlety and attention to nuance, that is not captured in the popular (and quite accessible) caricature of him as a rip-roaring, nihilistic existentialist, who popularized simplistic clichés about absurdity, meaninglessness, anguish, and despair, and who advocated an extreme and utterly unrealistic theory of freedom and responsibility. The authors and editor are to be commended, not only for effectively countering this mistaken impression, and for replacing it with something both more accurate and more interesting, but also for doing so without excessive apologetics." Ethics
"It is good...to see within the broad scope of this [book] that Being and Nothingness has been accorded a fresh look and that the enduring fertility and influence of Sartre's ideas have been re-established." Philosophical Books
"...for those with some interest in his thought already, the book is well worth dipping into where the essays address topics of interest-- and those with a deeper interest in Sartre will want to read it from cover to cover. It certainly is a volume that belongs in every library collection, both graduate and undergraduate." Canadian Philosophical Review
Product Description
This is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date surveys of the philosophy of Sartre, by some of the foremost interpreters in the United States and Europe. The essays are both expository and original, and cover Sartre's writings on ontology, phenomenology, psychology, ethics, and aesthetics, as well as his work on history, commitment, and progress; a final section considers Sartre's relationship to structuralism and deconstruction. Providing a balanced view of Sartre's philosophy and situating it in relation to contemporary trends in Continental philosophy, the volume shows that many of the topics associated with Lacan, Foucault, Lévi-Strauss, and Derrida are to be found in the work of Sartre, in some cases as early as 1936. A special feature of the volume is the treatment of the recently published and hitherto little studied posthumous works. Thus new readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Sartre currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Sartre.
See all Editorial Reviews
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
|
Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 91 books | 59 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: dialectic cogito, enveloping totalization, organic praxis, esprit objectif, surrounding materiality (more) Key Phrases - CAPs: Critique of Dialectical Reason, New York, Jean-Paul Sartre, Saint Genet, War Diaries (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
||
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
(learn more)
dialectic cogito, enveloping totalization, organic praxis, esprit objectif, surrounding materiality, eidetic analysis, homme historique, genuine infinite, practical organism, ethical radicalism, individual praxis, positional consciousness, pour une morale, raison dialectique, family idiot, dialectical reason, impersonal consciousness, transcendental field, intentional reference, intentional analysis, transcendental consciousness, loser wins, bad infinite, existentialist theory, fundamental project Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Critique of Dialectical Reason, New York, Jean-Paul Sartre, Saint Genet, War Diaries, Les Mots, Madame Bovary, Raymond Aron,
dialectic cogito, enveloping totalization, organic praxis, esprit objectif, surrounding materiality, eidetic analysis, homme historique, genuine infinite, practical organism, ethical radicalism, individual praxis, positional consciousness, pour une morale, raison dialectique, family idiot, dialectical reason, impersonal consciousness, transcendental field, intentional reference, intentional analysis, transcendental consciousness, loser wins, bad infinite, existentialist theory, fundamental project Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Critique of Dialectical Reason, New York, Jean-Paul Sartre, Saint Genet, War Diaries, Les Mots, Madame Bovary, Raymond Aron,