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Sartre
Iris Murdoch
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Description for Sartre
Paperback. A that study analyses and evaluates the different strands of Sartre's rich and complex work. Combining the objectivity of the scholar with an interest in contemporary problems, this title discusses the tradition of philosophical, political and aesthetic thought that gives historical authenticity to Satre's achievement. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Sartre's powerful political passions were united with a memorable literary gift, placing him foremost among the novelists, as well as the philosophers, of our time. Iris Murdoch's pioneering study analyses and evaluates the different strands of Sartre's rich and complex oeurve. Combining the objectivity of the scholar with a profound interest in contemporary problems, Iris Murdoch discusses the tradition of philosophical, political and aesthetic thought that gives historical authenticity to Satre's achievement, while showing the ambiguities and dangers inherent in his position.
Sartre's powerful political passions were united with a memorable literary gift, placing him foremost among the novelists, as well as the philosophers, of our time. Iris Murdoch's pioneering study analyses and evaluates the different strands of Sartre's rich and complex oeurve. Combining the objectivity of the scholar with a profound interest in contemporary problems, Iris Murdoch discusses the tradition of philosophical, political and aesthetic thought that gives historical authenticity to Satre's achievement, while showing the ambiguities and dangers inherent in his position.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099273721
SKU
V9780099273721
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About Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne's College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death ... Read more
Reviews for Sartre
A penetrating introduction to the romantic rationalist, novelist and penseur
The Times
Iris Murdoch's concise study... reads as clear and logical as it did in 1953, and remains one of the best friends to anyone who wants to understand what existentialism was all about
Evening Standard
With a cool and luminous introduction...Sartre: Romantic Rationalist is all ... Read more
The Times
Iris Murdoch's concise study... reads as clear and logical as it did in 1953, and remains one of the best friends to anyone who wants to understand what existentialism was all about
Evening Standard
With a cool and luminous introduction...Sartre: Romantic Rationalist is all ... Read more