The Philosophy Of Sartre
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - small tears; price clipped. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: Name penned on fep. Usual shelf-wear.
Few thinkers of the twentieth century have provoked as much intellectual controversy as Jean-Paul Sartre, and Mary Warnock's The Philosophy of Sartre cuts through the complexity to present his ideas with clarity and scholarly precision. Written by a Fellow of St. Hugh's College, Oxford, this concise yet comprehensive study chronicles the full arc of Sartre's philosophical development — from his early phenomenological work on consciousness and imagination to the sweeping existentialist arguments of Being and Nothingness and beyond. Warnock details the core Sartrean concepts of freedom, bad faith, and the nature of the self, situating them within the broader tradition of European philosophy and making them accessible without sacrificing intellectual rigour. Warnock's prose is characteristically lucid and authoritative, a hallmark of her distinguished career as one of Britain's foremost moral philosophers and public intellectuals. She argues that Sartre's philosophy, far from being a fashionable post-war curiosity, constitutes a sustained and serious engagement with the most fundamental questions of human existence. Published as part of the respected Hutchinson University Library series, this volume remains an indispensable introduction for anyone seeking to understand why Sartre's vision of radical human freedom continues to unsettle, inspire, and challenge.
Author: Mary Warnock
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, Hutchinson University Library
Genre: Philosophy
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - small tears; price clipped. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: Name penned on fep. Usual shelf-wear.
Few thinkers of the twentieth century have provoked as much intellectual controversy as Jean-Paul Sartre, and Mary Warnock's The Philosophy of Sartre cuts through the complexity to present his ideas with clarity and scholarly precision. Written by a Fellow of St. Hugh's College, Oxford, this concise yet comprehensive study chronicles the full arc of Sartre's philosophical development — from his early phenomenological work on consciousness and imagination to the sweeping existentialist arguments of Being and Nothingness and beyond. Warnock details the core Sartrean concepts of freedom, bad faith, and the nature of the self, situating them within the broader tradition of European philosophy and making them accessible without sacrificing intellectual rigour. Warnock's prose is characteristically lucid and authoritative, a hallmark of her distinguished career as one of Britain's foremost moral philosophers and public intellectuals. She argues that Sartre's philosophy, far from being a fashionable post-war curiosity, constitutes a sustained and serious engagement with the most fundamental questions of human existence. Published as part of the respected Hutchinson University Library series, this volume remains an indispensable introduction for anyone seeking to understand why Sartre's vision of radical human freedom continues to unsettle, inspire, and challenge.