This can be the most entire and updated surveys of the philosophy of Sartre, through a few of the leading interpreters within the usa and Europe. The essays are either expository and unique, and canopy Sartre's writings on ontology, phenomenology, psychology, ethics, and aesthetics, in addition to his paintings on heritage, dedication, and growth; a last part considers Sartre's courting to structuralism and deconstruction. delivering a balanced view of Sartre's philosophy and situating it in terms of modern traits in Continental philosophy, the quantity exhibits that a few of the themes linked to Lacan, Foucault, Lévi-Strauss, and Derrida are to be present in the paintings of Sartre, in certain cases as early as 1936. a distinct characteristic of the quantity is the therapy of the lately released and hitherto little studied posthumous works. therefore new readers and nonspecialists will locate this the handiest, obtainable advisor to Sartre presently to be had. complex scholars and experts will discover a conspectus of contemporary advancements within the interpretation of Sartre.
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