Conversations with Jean-Paul Sartre
Conversations with Perry Anderson, Quintin Hoare, Ronald Fraser, and Simone de Beauvoir
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Jean-Paul Sartre, novelist, playwright, biographer, was undoubtedly one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. Above all, however, he was an embodiment of the engagé intellectual, active in a variety of political causes, as well as an individual who attempted to live his life in accordance with the philosophy he professed.
These interviews take Sartre on a wide-ranging tour of his philosophy and politics. Here we have Simone de Beauvoir challenging Sartre on his own attitude towards machismo and feminism; and Sartre responding thoughtfully to questions which range from Freud, Marx, and the drama of Bertolt Brecht to the Cultural Revolution, Stalinism, the May 1968 Events and, of course, the US war on Vietnam. Their breadth remains a testimony to one man’s attempt to make philosophical sense of the tumultuous world around him.
‘The existential plight of humanity, our absurd lot, our moral and political responsibilities that Sartre so brilliantly identified have not gone away; rather, we have chosen the easy path of ignoring them. That is not a surprise: for Sartre, such refusal to accept what it is to be human was overwhelmingly, paradoxically, what humans do.’—Stuart Jeffries, Guardian
ISBN:
9780857425935
Pages:
128
Publication Year:
December 2017
Format:
Paperback
Rights:
UCP
Size:
5.5" x 7.75"
Series:
Conversations
Category:
Culture Studies, Nobel Prize Winners, Politics
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