| Title | : | Sartre in 90 Minutes (The Philosophers in 90 Minutes Series) |
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| Author | : | Paul Strathern |
| Release | : | 2005-06-25 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Self-Development |
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| 1 | Sartre in 90 Minutes (The Philosophers i | Paul Strathern |
| During his lifetime, Jean-Paul Sartre enjoyed unprecedented popularity for a philosopher, due partly to his role as a spokesman for existentialism—at the opportune moment when this set of ideas filled the spiritual gap left amidst the ruins of World War II. Existentialism was a philosophy of action and showed the ultimate freedom of the individual. In Sartre’s hands it became a revolt against European bourgeois values. In Sartre in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Sartre’s life and ideas and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Sartre’s work, a brief list of suggested readings for those who wish to delve deeper, and chronologies that place Sartre within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy. |
