Being and Nothingness: An Essay in Phenomenological Ontology
Being and Nothingness may well be thought of as Sartre's greatest work; it has also come to be regarded as a text-book of existentialism itself, and this is for many reasons a proper way to read it. These pages set out with relative perspicuity almost all of the salient ideas of existentialism;...
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Being and Nothingness may well be thought of as Sartre's greatest work; it has also come to be regarded as a text-book of existentialism itself, and this is for many reasons a proper way to read it. These pages set out with relative perspicuity almost all of the salient ideas of existentialism; and, in addition, the method according to which the book is composed is itself highly characteristic of existentialist philosophers."From the Introduction by Mary Warnock
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780806522760 (0806522763)
Publish date: September 1st 2001
Publisher: Citadel
Pages no: 640
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Academic,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Philosophy,
France,
French Literature,
Psychology,
Theory,
Metaphysics
Instead of reading this book I would strongly suggest watching the "No Exit" with Harold Pinter available on youtube written by Sartre. It illustrates a large part of his philosophy of the Other, the Look and the self. And, you'll get a hint on why Sartre doesn't work today. In addition, my favor...
Preface to the Routledge Classics EditionIntroductionTranslator's Preface--Being and NothingnessKey to Special TerminologyName Index
Preface to the Routledge Classics EditionIntroductionTranslator's Preface--Being and NothingnessKey to Special TerminologyName Index
Think French is hard? Try reading/translating literary French. *SMH*
It bugs me that this is considered by many to be the “principle” text of existentialism. I don't buy Sartre as being fully committed to what I think of as existentialism. For me, existentialism should be pragmatic. Sartre is way too concerned with philosophical difficulties to be pragmatic. The ...
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