{"product_id":"how-to-read-sartre-9780393329520","title":"How to Read Sartre","description":"The \u003cem\u003eHow to Read\u003c\/em\u003e series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. These books use excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, such as Jean-Paul Sartre's pioneering thoughts on individual freedom, which served as a foundation for his role as the political champion of the oppressed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jean-Paul Sartre is best known as the pre-eminent philosopher of individual freedom. He is the one who told us that we are totally free. Robert Bernasconi shows how the early existentialist Sartre became in stages the political champion of the oppressed. Extracts are drawn from the full range of Sartre's writings including the novel \u003cem\u003eNausea\u003c\/em\u003e, and the major philosophical text \u003cem\u003eBeing and Nothingness\u003c\/em\u003e. They show why of all major twentieth-century philosophers Sartre was the one who most easily passed beyond the confines of the academy to a general readership.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernasconi, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Bernasconi\u003c\/strong\u003e is Moss Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe Question of Language in Heidegger's History of Being\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHeidegger in Question\u003c\/em\u003e. He has edited anthologies on race and collections of essays on Levinas and Derrida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritchley, Simon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSimon Critchley\u003c\/strong\u003e is a best-selling author and the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. His many books include \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Dead Philosophers, Bowie\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTragedy, the Greeks, and Us\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514110349586,"sku":"9780393329520","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b86b1dee-c973-457b-9ed9-5a77c2397431.jpg?v=1730973434","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-read-sartre-9780393329520","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}