The work of Sartre : search for freedom and the challenge of history / / by Istvan Meszaros

• Autore: Meszaros Istvan <1930->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Monthly Review Press, c2012
• Edizione: [Expanded ed.].
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (381 p.)
• Disciplina: 194
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, French - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface to the Expanded Edition; Introduction to the First Edition; PART ONE: The Unity of Life and Work: Outline of Sartre's Development; 1-The Writer and His Situation; 2-Philosophy, Literature and Myth; 3 From "The Legend of Truth" to a "True Legend": Phases of Sartre's Development; PART TWO: Search for Freedom; 4-Search For the Individual: The Early Works; 5-Freedom and Passion: The World of Being and Nothingness; A Note on Being and Nothingness; PART THREE: The Challenge of History; Introduction ; 6-Material and Formal Structures of History: Critique of Sartre's Conception of Dialectical Reason and Historical Totalization7-Lévy-Strauss Against Sartre; 8-The Role of Scarcity in Historical Conceptions; 9-The Missing Dimension; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: This landmark book, first published in 1979, met acclaim as a doubly important work of radical philosophy. Its subject, Jean-Paul Sartre, was among the twentieth century's most controversial and influential philosophers; its author, István Mészáros, was himself establishing a reputation for profound contributions to the Marxian tradition, which would continue into the next century. The Work of Sartre was thus considered essential for its insights on Sartre and as a piece of Mészáros 's developing politico-philosophical project. In this completely updated and expanded volume, Mészáros exami
• Titolo autorizzato: The work of Sartre
• ISBN: 1-58367-295-8; 1-58367-294-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828060003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II