The Cambridge Companion to Sartre (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

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This is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date surveys of the philosophy of Sartre by some of the foremost interpreters in the United States and Europe. The essays are both expository and original and cover Sartres writings on ontology phenomenology psychology ethics and aesthetics as well as his work on history commitment and progress; a final section considers Sartres relationship to structuralism and deconstruction. Providing a balanced view of Sartres philosophy and situating it in relation to contemporary trends in Continental philosophy the volume shows that many of the topics associated with Lacan Foucault Lvi-Strauss and Derrida are to be found in the work of Sartre in some cases as early as 1936. A special feature of the volume is the treatment of the recently published and hitherto little studied posthumous works. Thus new readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient accessible guide to Sartre currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Sartre.