by Jean-Paul Sartre
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 ...
I want to make clear that my rating only expresses my enjoyment of the book and not my respect for the impact it had on Western Thought.
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