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Sartre Today is a tribute to Jean-Paul Sartre on the centenary of his birth (1905-2005). With twenty-two contributions from leading Sartre scholars in North America and the United Kingdom, this volume will greatly enhance Sartre scholarship in the English-speaking world. The diversity of these chapters reflects the depth and breadth of Sartre's wide-ranging engagement with the political and cultural issues of his time. Yet as these contributions demonstrate, it is clear that Sartre's work still offers an important framework through which to address contemporary issues of a similar magnitude. This applies to Sartre's enduring contribution to philosophy and his conception of violence and terror, as well as analyses of the latest political events in the United States. Other contributions address Sartre's relationship to the contemporary understanding of neuroscience and group therapy as well as his conception of literature, biography, the theater and cinema. This rich volume will be of great use not only to all Sartre scholars but also to anyone who has an interest in modern philosophy, politics, psychology, and literature. Contributors: Thomas R. Flynn, Joseph S. Catalano, Reidar Due, Steve Martinot, Ronald E. Santoni, David Detmer, John Duncan, Hazel E. Barnes, Betty Cannon, Constance L. Mui, Peter Caws, Ann Jefferson, Dennis A. Gilbert, Colin Davis John Gillespie Ian Birchall, Betsy Bowman and Bob Stone, Azzedine Haddour, Ronald Aronson, William L. McBride
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A tribute to Jean-Paul Sartre, this volume aims to enhance Sartre scholarship in the English-speaking world. It reflects the depth of Sartre's wide-ranging engagement with the political and cultural issues of his time. It is useful for Sartre scholars, and those who have an interest in modern philosophy, politics, psychology, and literature.
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Preface Adrian van den Hoven Introduction: Sartre at One Hundred—a Man of the Nineteenth Century Addressing the Twenty-First? Thomas R. Flynn PART I: SARTRE AND PHILOSOPHY Chapter 1. Sartre’s Ontology from Being and Nothingness to The Family Idiot Joseph S. Catalano Chapter 2. Freedom, Nothingness, Consciousness: Some Remarks on the Structure of Being and Nothingness Reidar Due Chapter 3. The Sartrean Account of the Look as a Theory of Dialogue Steve Martinot Chapter 4. The Bad Faith of Violence — and Is Sartre in Bad Faith Regarding It? Ronald E. Santoni Chapter 5. Sartre on Freedom and Education David Detmer Chapter 6. Sartre and Realism-All-the-Way-Down John Duncan PART II: SARTRE AND PSYCHOLOGY Chapter 7. Consciousness and Digestion: Sartre and Neuroscience Hazel E. Barnes Chapter 8. Group Therapy as Revolutionary Praxis: A Sartrean View Betty Cannon Chapter 9. A Feminist-Sartrean Approach to Understanding Rape Trauma Constance L. Mui Chapter 10. To Hell and Back: Sartre on (and in) Analysis with Freud Peter Caws PART III: SARTRE: (AUTO)BIOGRAPHY, THEATER, AND CINEMA Chapter 11. Biography and the Question of Literature in Sartre Ann Jefferson Chapter 12. From Prague to Paris: The Beginning of Theater Semiotics and Sartre’s Early Esthetic of Theater Dennis A. Gilbert Chapter 13. Sartre’s Conception of Historiality and Temporality: The Quest for a Motive in Camus’ Novel The Stranger and Sartre’s Play Dirty Hands Adrian van den Hoven Chapter 14. Sartre and the Return of the Living Dead Colin Davis Chapter 15. Les Mots: Sartre and the Language of Belief John Gillespie PART IV: SARTRE AND POLITICS Chapter 16. Sartre and Terror Ian Birchall Chapter 17. The Alter-Globalization Movement and Sartre’s Morality and History Betsy Bowman and Bob Stone Chapter 18. Sartre and Fanon: On Negritude and Political Participation Azzedine Haddour Chapter 19. Camus versus Sartre: The Unresolved Conflict Ronald Aronson Chapter 20. Sartre at the Twilight of Liberal Democracy as We Have Known It William L. McBride Notes on Contributors Works Cited Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781845451660
Publisert
2005-12-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Berghahn Books
Vekt
472 gr
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
344

Om bidragsyterne

Adrian van den Hoven is Professor of French Language & Literature at the University of Windsor (Ontario).