a graphic guide Thody, Philip creator Read, Howard text xx UK; USA Icon Books Ltd 2013 monographic und

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175 pages: illustrations 17 cm. Between the ending of the Second World War and his death in 1980, Jean-Paul Sartre was the world`s most famous French writer, and one of the best-known living philosophers. The author of Being and Nothingness, Nausea, The Age of Reason and much more. Sartrewas the father of existentialism, one of the 20th century`s most enduring, if challenging, ways of thinking. Introducing Sartre explores Sartre`s life and work examining his Marxism, his enthusiasm for the student rebellion of 1968, his support for national liberation movements in the Third World, his lifelong relationship with feminist Simone de Beauvoir and the impact which his unusual childhood had on his attitude towards French society. Philip Thody & Howard Read. Includes index in English Sartre, Jean-Paul 1905-1980; Philosophers; France; Existensialism; Philosophy--French; Philosophy--Modern 194 T35sa 2013 9781848312111 251212 20260803094214.0