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Existentialism and Excess: The Life and Times of Jean-Paul Sartre

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ISBN: 9781350066571

Book Title: Existentialism and Excess: the Life and Times of Jean-Paul Sartre

Item Length: 7.9in

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Publication Year: 2019

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 1in

Author: Gary Cox

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Philosophy

Topic: History & Surveys / General, Movements / Existentialism, Literary, History & Surveys / Modern

Item Width: 5.2in

Item Weight: 13.5 Oz

Number of Pages: 352 Pages

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Jean-Paul Sartre is an undisputed giant of twentieth-century philosophy. His intellectual writings popularizing existentialism combined with his creative and artistic flair have made him a legend of French thought. His tumultuous personal life - so inextricably bound up with his philosophical thinking - is a fascinating tale of love and lust, drug abuse, high profile fallings-out and political and cultural rebellion. This substantial and meticulously researched biography is accessible, fast-paced, often amusing and at times deeply moving. Existentialism and Excess covers all the main events of Sartre's remarkable seventy-five-year life from his early years as a precocious brat devouring his grandfather's library, through his time as a brilliant student in Paris, his wilderness years as a provincial teacher-writer experimenting with mescaline, his World War II adventures as a POW and member of the resistance, his post-war politicization, his immense amphetamine fueled feats of writing productivity, his harem of women, his many travels and his final decline into blindness and old age. Along the way there are countless intriguing anecdotes, some amusing, some tragic, some controversial: his loathing of crustaceans and his belief that he was being pursued by a giant lobster, his escape from a POW camp, the bombing of his apartment, his influence on the May 1968 uprising and his many love affairs. Cox deftly moves from these episodes to discussing his intellectual development, his famous feuds with Aron, Camus, and Merleau-Ponty, his encounters with other giant figures of his day: Roosevelt, Hemingway, Heidegger, John Huston, Mao, Castro, Che Guevara, Khrushchev and Tito, and, above all, his long, complex and creative relationship with Simone de Beauvoir. Existentialism and Excess also gives serious consideration to Sartre's ideas and many philosophical works, novels, stories, plays and biographies, revealing their intimate connection with his personal life. Cox has written an entertaining, thought-provoking and compulsive book, much like the man himself.

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Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-10

1350066575

ISBN-13

9781350066571

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26038847339

Product Key Features

Book Title

Existentialism and Excess: the Life and Times of Jean-Paul Sartre

Author

Gary Cox

Format

Trade Paperback

Language

English

Topic

History & Surveys / General, Movements / Existentialism, Literary, History & Surveys / Modern

Publication Year

2019

Genre

Biography & Autobiography, Philosophy

Number of Pages

352 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length

7.9in

Item Height

1in

Item Width

5.2in

Item Weight

13.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number

B2430.S34c67 2019

Reviews

"This easy to read and thought provoking biography explores all of the key events of the legendary philosopher's life and skillfully examines the close connections between his radical thoughts and philosophical works ... Gary Cox's Existentialism and Excess is a remarkably vivid and intimate biography that shows the existentialist legend had feet of clay, without in any way diminishing his contributions and greatness. If you are a fan of Jean-Paul Sartre, French intellectual life, philosophy, or biography, in particular, this first-rate account is highly recommended as a starting point for any study of this great man." -- New York Journal of Books "Yet what is Sartre's legacy? Does anyone - should anyone - read him today? In his brisk, accessible biography, Gary Cox tries to make the case that Sartre's best work provides deep insight into the human condition." -- National Review "[An] approachable, chatty biography ... As a pit stop tour of the life of this globetrotting intellectual ... Cox's work thrills, moving breezily from the spoiled provincial bourgeois child to the dissatisfied schoolteacher convinced of his own genius, to the ageing and in-demand literary grandee." -- The Australian "Clear, declarative sentences and short yet detailed paragraphs make for a breezy introduction to Sartre's enormous oeuvre ." -- The Tablet "Cox characterizes the best of Sartre's literary and philosophical output as displaying unquestionable genius, but he does not shy away from criticism of the rather slapdash approach evident in much of Sartre's writing nor does he overlook Sartre's occasionally thoughtless treatment of some who were close to him (notably Simone de Beauvoir) ... The originality of Cox's readable treatment lies in his integration of the details of Sartre's life with his philosophical development. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers." -- CHOICE, Yet what is Sartre's legacy? Does anyone - should anyone - read him today? In his brisk, accessible biography, Gary Cox tries to make the case that Sartre's best work provides deep insight into the human condition., Cox characterizes the best of Sartre's literary and philosophical output as displaying unquestionable genius, but he does not shy away from criticism of the rather slapdash approach evident in much of Sartre's writing nor does he overlook Sartre's occasionally thoughtless treatment of some who were close to him (notably Simone de Beauvoir) ... The originality of Cox's readable treatment lies in his integration of the details of Sartre's life with his philosophical development. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers., Yet what is Sartre's legacy? Does anyone -- should anyone -- read him today? In his brisk, accessible biography, Gary Cox tries to make the case that Sartre's best work provides deep insight into the human condition.

Table of Content

Acknowledgements 1 Genius2 Stowaway Traveller3 Exile4 Very Heaven5 Castor6 Le Havre7 Apricot Cocktails8 Ostraconophobia9 La Petite Russe10 The Mighty Gallimard11 Sex Before War12 War of Words13 Occupation14 Political Animal15 Differences16 Crushing Camus and Genet17 Blood Pressure Rising18 The Ghost of Stalin19 Corydrane Creations20 The Philosopher and the Film Director21 Explosive Situation22 Nobel Words23 Help of the Helpless24 Revolution in the Air25 Ultra-Lefty26 The Long Road Down27 Immortality28 A Kind of ConclusionBibliographyIndex

2019

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Dewey Decimal

194

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