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CFP: The North American Sartre Society Meeting in Conjunction with Diverse Lineages of Existentialism, St. Louis, Missouri, June 19-21 2014
The North American Sartre Society invites proposals for papers that reinterpret Sartre’s life and works, and reassess Sartre’s historical importance and contemporary relevance. This special event will be held in conjunction with the Diverse Lineages of Existentialism Conference – see details below. We welcome papers in any area of Sartre scholarship (philosophy, literature, theater, psychology, politics, intellectual history, and other writers, etc.). Reading time for papers should be 25-30 minutes maximum. In addition to individual...
read moreSartre Studies International, Volume 19, Number 2, Winter 2013
Du poêle au divan: analyses cartésiennes et psychanalyse sartrienne pp. 1-26(26) Author: Perrin, Christophe Abstract Although Sartre denounces Descartes’ two principles, he nevertheless draws inspiration from him. No doubt this is close to being paradoxical; we shall have to be no less paradoxical in our explanation. For although the text entitled “Cartesian Freedom,” which introduces a volume of selections from Descartes, , confers some coherence on this apparent non-sense, once the texts surrounding this work have...
read moreEarly Sartre in the Context of Contemporary Philosophy of Mind
See the PDF below for more information about this interesting volume with work focusing on the relationship between Sartre’s work on pre-reflective consciousness and contemporary philosophy of mind. Sartre and Philosophy of Mind
read moreJean-Paul Sartre: Key Concepts
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...
read moreAdrian van den Hoven/Michel Contat 2013 Keynote Address
Everything you always wanted to know about Sartre and jazz
read moreCFP: The North American Sartre Society, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, October 4-6, 2013
20th Conference of the North American Sartre Society The University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, October 4-6, 2013. CALL FOR PAPERS The North American Sartre Society is issuing a call for papers on the occasion of its twentieth conference, hosted by Adrian van den Hoven, at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, October 4-6, 2013. We welcome papers in any area of Sartrean scholarship (philosophy, literature, theater, psychology, politics, intellectual history, Sartre and other writers, etc.). Reading time for a paper should...
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North American Sartre Society Texas A&M University November 28-30, 2012 Booklet NASS 2012
read moreCFP: 19th Biennial Conference of the North American Sartre Society
CALL FOR PAPERS 19th Biennial Conference of the North American Sartre Society Hosted by Texas A&M University, November 28-30, 2012 This year’s keynote speaker will be Eduardo Mendieta. Mendieta is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at SUNY, Stony Brook. Over the last decade he has written and edited a dozen books dealing with the Frankfurt School, contemporary Latin American philosophy, and issues relating to religion, globalization, and global justice. His most recent monograph is entitled Global Fragments: Globalizations,...
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read moreSartre Studies International: Volume 17, Number 1, Spring 2011
Philosophy in Black: African Philosophy as a Negritude pp. 1-19(19) Author: Jacques, Tomaz Carlos Flores Abstract African philosophy, as a negritude, is a moment in the postcolonial critique of European/Western colonialism and the bodies of knowledge that sustained it. Yet a critical analysis of its’ original articulations reveals the limits of this critique and more broadly of postcolonial studies, while also pointing towards more radical theoretical possibilities within African philosophy. Jean-Paul Sartre’s essay...
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