Sartre For Beginners

Sartre For Beginners

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<p><i>Sartre For Beginners</i> is an accessible yet sophisticated introduction to the life and works of the famous French philosopher, Jean Paul Sartre. Sartre was a member of the French underground during WWII, a novelist, a playwright, and a major influence in French political and intellectual life.</p><p>The book opens with a biographical section, introducing the significant events in the life of the man who coined the term "existentialism."</p><p>Then it examines Sartre's early philosophical works. Ideas from Sartre's other fictional and dramatic works are discussed, but the greatest part is the presentation of the main concepts from Sartre's <i>Being and Nothingness</i> (1943). These include the topics of consciousness, freedom, responsibility, absurdity, "bad faith," authenticity, and the hellish confrontation with other people.</p><p>Finally, the book deals with Sartre's modification of his early existentialism to compliment his conversion to a kind of "existential" Marxism.</p><p><i>Sartre For Beginners</i> summarizes the work of the most renown philosopher of the 20th Century.</p>