Existentialism is a Humanism - Jean-Paul Sartre,Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre
including, A commentary on the stranger
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This book presents a new English translation of two seminal works by Jean-Paul Sartre, the most dominant European intellectual of the post-World War II decades. The volume includes Sartre's 1945 lecture “Existentialism Is a Humanism†and his analysis of Camus's The Stranger, along with a discussion of these works by acclaimed Sartre biographer Annie Cohen-Solal. This edition is a translation of the 1996 French edition, which includes Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre's introduction and a Q&A with Sartre about his lecture. In her foreword, intended for an American audience, acclaimed Sartre biographer Annie Cohen-Solal offers an assessment of both works. It was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Sartre accepted an invitation to speak on October 29, 1945, at the Club Maintenant in Paris. The unstated objective of his lecture (“Existentialism Is a Humanismâ€) was to expound his philosophy as a form of “existentialism,†a term much bandied about at the time. Sartre asserted that existentialis...
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2007Uitgever: Yale University Press108 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0300115466ISBN-13: 9780300115468Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Engelstalige paperback, in goede staat; 2007; Yale University Press; 128 pagina's; Titel: Existentialism is a Humanism; Ref: 234684 / U50P891
