{"product_id":"2026200017160-secondhand-the-spectre-of-stalin","title":"The Spectre Of Stalin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the turbulent aftermath of the Soviet Union's darkest revelations, Jean-Paul Sartre confronts one of the 20th century's most unsettling political crises — the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 and the shadow it cast over the European Left. The Spectre of Stalin presents Sartre's incisive political essays written in direct response to Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin and the Soviet crushing of the Hungarian Revolution, forcing intellectuals and Communist sympathisers across the world to reckon with the moral catastrophe at the heart of Soviet ideology. With characteristic urgency and unflinching honesty, Sartre dissects the complicity of the French Communist Party and the broader failure of the Left to speak truth to power, making this work a landmark of political conscience.\n\nTranslated from the French by Irene Clephane, this English-language edition makes Sartre's razor-sharp existentialist perspective accessible to a wider audience, illustrating how philosophy and political engagement are inseparable forces. Sartre argues with the full weight of his existentialist convictions — that freedom demands responsibility, and silence in the face of tyranny is itself a moral act. For anyone seeking to understand the fractures within 20th-century leftist thought, or the enduring tension between idealism and political reality, this slim but shattering volume raises questions that refuse to stay buried in history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269352267995,"sku":"2026200017160-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6bc5032e-bcca-4d99-a1a4-1ad8a82faf8f.png?v=1788999173","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200017160-secondhand-the-spectre-of-stalin","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}