Sartre explained : from bad faith to authenticity / David Detmer.

Author/creator Detmer, David, 1958-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago, Ill. : Open Court, ©2008.
Descriptionxi, 233 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.

SeriesIdeas explained ; v. 6
Ideas explained series ; 6. ^A592179
Contents Phenomenology -- The transcendence of the ego -- Intentionality -- The emotions -- Imagination and The imaginary -- Nausea -- Absurdity -- Life and art -- Why write? -- Being and nothingness -- Interrogation -- Destruction -- Absence -- Anguish -- Bad faith -- Knowledge -- Others -- The body -- Concrete relations with others -- Freedom -- Existential psychoanalysis -- Ethics -- No exit -- A philosophical play -- Bad faith dramatized -- Hell is other people -- Death -- The devil and the good Lord -- Atheism -- Conversion -- Good and evil -- Violence -- Saint Genet -- Existential psychoanalysis illustrated -- Inventing the homosexual subject -- Freedom and facticity -- Understanding that overcomes difference -- Critique of dialectical reason -- Marxism -- Dialectic -- Practico-inert and counter-finality -- The progressive-regressive method -- Criticisms of Marxism -- Two kinds of freedom -- Scarcity and violence -- Totalization -- Series and group -- The ethics of violence -- Inauthenticity -- Propaganda -- Priorities.
Abstract "A guide to the work of Jean-Paul Sartre addressing his major theories and how the different strands of his thought are interrelated, and overviewing works from all of his literary genres including philosophical writings, novels, and plays"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and index.
LCCN 2008012340
ISBN9780812696318 (trade paper : alk. paper)
ISBN081269631X (trade paper : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks B2430.S34 D456 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold