SARTRE FOR BEGINNERS (For Beginners (Steerforth Press)) Book

Sartre For Beginners is an accessible, yet sophisticated introduction to the life and works of the famous French philosopher, Jean Paul Sartre. Sartre was a member the French underground during World War II, a novelist, a playwright, and a major influence in French political and intellectual life. The book opens with a biographical section, introducing the significant events in the life of the man who coined the term, â??Existentialism.â? Then it examines Sartreâ??s early philosophical works. Ideas from Sartreâ??s other fictional and dramatic works are discussed, but the greatest part of the book is the presentation of the main concepts from Sartreâ??s Being and Nothingness (1943). These ideas include the topics of consciousness, freedom, responsibility, absurdity, â??bad faithâ?, authenticity and the hellish confrontation with other people. Finally, the book deals with Sartreâ??s modification of his earlier existentialism to compliment his conversion to a kind of â??existentialâ? Marxism. Sartre For Beginners summarizes the work of the most renowned philosopher of the 20th century.Read More