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Description for Sartre
Hardcover. A novel introduction to Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist phenomenology. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
A novel introduction to Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist phenomenology.
- Draws parallels between Sartre's work and the work of Wittgenstein
- Stresses continuities rather than conflict between Sartre and Merleau-Ponty, and between Sartre and post-structuralist/post-modernist thinkers, thus corroborating 'new Sartre' readings
- Exhibits the influence of Gestalt psychology in Sartre's descriptions of the life-world
- Forms part of the Blackwell Great Minds series, which outlines the views of the great western thinkers and captures the relevance of these figures to the way we think and live today
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Great Minds
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631232803
SKU
V9780631232803
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About Morris
Katherine Morris has been a Lecturer in philosophy at Mansfield College, Oxford University since 1986 and a fellow since 1998; she holds an MPhil in medical anthropology as well as a DPhil in philosophy. The author of numerous articles on Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Descartes and Wittgenstein, she is also the co-author of Descartes’ Dualism (1996) with G.P. Baker.
Reviews for Sartre
"New works on Sartre call for a justification. For Katherine J. Morris's book there are several, from its limpid and lively style to its sympathetic elaboration of insights that Sartre often left undeveloped. Especially rewarding is her emphasis on Sartre's conception of his philosophical project which, Morris skilfully argues, bears comparison with Wittgenstein's picture of philosophy as 'therapy'." David ... Read more