Jean-Paul Sartre: Key Concepts

Posted on Nov 28, 2013 in News

Check out this recently published volume featuring entries from Society members.

Jean-Paul Sartre: Key Concepts (edited by Steven Churchill and Jack Reynolds) brings together  an original collection of essays on Sartre by scholars of international renown, with each focusing on diverse areas of study including phenomenology, psychology, politics and ethics. This collection of essays is designed to offer readers a range of perspectives on Sartre’s thinking, from his early intuitions to his mature philosophical development, and finally his lasting intellectual legacy. 


Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Sartre Vivant, Steven Churchill & Jack Reynolds

2. Life and Works, Gary Cox


Part I: Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Literature 

3. Sartre and Husserl’s Ideen: Phenomenology and Imagination, Beata Stawarska 

4. Sartre’s Understanding of the Self, Christian Onof 

5. Contingency and Ego, Intentionality and Nausea, Steven Churchill 

6. Sartre: Novelist and Playwright, Adrian van den Hoven

7. Psychoanalysis and Existential Psychoanalysis, Betty Cannon 


Part II: Ontology: Freedom, Authenticity and Self-Creation 

8. Nothingness and Negation, Sarah Richmond

9. The Look, Søren Overgaard

10. Bad Faith, David Detmer

11. Authenticity, Jonathan Webber 

12. Knowledge, Anthony Hatzimoysis 

13. The Fundamental Project, Paul Crittenden

14. Self-Making and Alienation: From Bad Faith to Revolution, Thomas Busch


Part III: Ethics and Politics 

15. Politics and the Engaged Intellectual, William L. McBride 

16. Sartre’s Theory of Groups, Peter Caws 

17. Sartre’s Second or Dialectical Ethics, Thomas C. Anderson

18. Hope and Affirmation: An Ethics of Reciprocity, Marguerite La Caze

19. Sartre’s Legacy, Steven Churchill & Jack Reynolds


Review:


“This volume showcases an impressive range of international contributors, who tackle three major aspects of Sartre’s philosophy – psychology, ontology, and ethics – in a series of original and thought-provoking essays. The book achieves the remarkable feat of combining accessibility and lucidity with depth and intellectual challenge in a collection which deserves to become a classic for Sartre specialists and novices alike.” – Christina Howells, University of Oxford


About the Editors:


Jack Reynolds is Associate Professor at La Trobe University, Australia. He is author of several books, including Understanding Existentialism (Acumen, 2005), co-author of Analytic Versus Continental (Acumen, 2010) and co-editor of several collections, including Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts (Acumen, 2008). Steven Churchill is an independent scholar.


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