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Sartre : A Philosophical Biography, Paperback by Flynn, Thomas R., ISBN 1107476011, ISBN-13 9781107476011, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The first book-length study of Sartre as philosopher of the imaginary and the development of his philosophical, literary, aesthetic and political thought.

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101107476011

ISBN-139781107476011

eBay Product ID (ePID)18038753887

Product Key Features

Number of Pages448 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSartre : a Philosophical Biography

Publication Year2019

SubjectHistory & Surveys / General, Movements / Existentialism, General

TypeTextbook

AuthorThomas R. Flynn

Subject AreaPhilosophy

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight26.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width5.9 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"No English-speaking philosopher has read [Sartre's] vast corpus with greater industry than Mr Flynn. His new biography scrutinises the works chronologically from start to finish. It includes Sartre's fiction and plays as well as the political or critical essays. Mr Flynn has done Sartrean initiates a large service." The Economist

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal194

Table Of Content1. The childhood of a genius; 2. An elite education: student, author, soldier, teacher; 3. Teaching in the Lycée, 1931-1939; 4. First triumph: The Imagination; 5. Consciousness as imagination; 6. The necessity of contingency: Nausea; 7. The war years, 1939-1944; 8. Bad faith in human life: Being and Nothingness; 9. Existentialism: the fruit of liberation; 10. Ends and means: existential ethics; 11. Means and ends: political existentialism; 12. A theory of history: Search for a Method; 13. Individuals and groups: Critique of Dialectical Reason; 14. A second ethics?; 15. Existential biography: Flaubert and others; Conclusion: the Sartrean imaginary, chastened but indomitable.

SynopsisThis biography presents a conceptual genealogy of Sartre's philosophical thought, taking into account his imaginative literature, philosophical works and political involvements. Exploring the different dimensions of the life of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, this book is of interest to non-academic readers as well as students and scholars., Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Regarded as the father of existentialist philosophy, he was also a political critic, moralist, playwright, novelist, and author of biographies and short stories. Thomas R. Flynn provides the first book-length account of Sartre as a philosopher of the imaginary, mapping the intellectual development of his ideas throughout his life, and building a narrative that is not only philosophical but also attentive to the political and literary dimensions of his work. Exploring Sartre's existentialism, politics, ethics, and ontology, this book illuminates the defining ideas of Sartre's oeuvre: the literary and the philosophical, the imaginary and the conceptual, his descriptive phenomenology and his phenomenological concept of intentionality, and his conjunction of ethics and politics with an 'egoless' consciousness. It will appeal to all who are interested in Sartre's philosophy and its relation to his life.

LC Classification NumberB2430.S34