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Beauvoir and Sartre
. Ed(S): Daigle, Christine; Golomb, Jacob
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Paperback. Addresses questions of influence between two of the 20th century's greatest minds Editor(s): Daigle, Christine; Golomb, Jacob. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
While many scholars consider Simone de Beauvoir an important philosopher in her own right, thorny issues of mutual influence between her thought and that of Jean-Paul Sartre still have not been settled definitively. Some continue to believe Beauvoir's own claim that Sartre was the philosopher and she was the follower even though their relationship was far more complex than this proposition suggests. Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb, and an international group of scholars explore the philosophical and literary relationship between Beauvoir and Sartre in this penetrating volume. Did each elaborate a philosophy of his or her own? Did they share a ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253220370
SKU
V9780253220370
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About . Ed(S): Daigle, Christine; Golomb, Jacob
Christine Daigle teaches philosophy at Brock University in Canada. She is editor of Existentialist Thinkers and Ethics. Jacob Golomb is Ahad Ha'am Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His most recent book is Nietzsche in Zion.
Reviews for Beauvoir and Sartre
As a whole, this is a solid, philosophically rich and challenging collection of essays. All of them contribute something to a greater understanding of the complexity of intellectual influence. . . . The editors and authors have succeeded in keeping alive the fecund thought of these two, as they say, 'flamboyant intellectuals,' and we are all most certainly going to ... Read more