Hope Now
The 1980 Interviews
Jean-Paul Sartre author Benny Levy author Adrian van den Hoven translator Ronald Aronson editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
Published:7th Sep '07
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
In March of 1980, Le Nouvel Observateur published the final interviews between the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, then blind and debilitated, and his young assistant, Benny Levy. Readers immediately denounced the interviews as distorted and fraudulent for portraying a Sartre who had abandoned his leftist convictions, rejected his most intimate friends, and cast aside his fundamental beliefs in favor of a messianic Judaism. Sartre's supporters argued that it was his orthodox interlocutor, Levy, who had twisted the words of the ailing philosopher. Yet, shortly before his death, Sartre confirmed the authenticity of the interviews and their puzzling content. Here, presented in translation, the interviews are framed by two provocative essays by Benny Levy, accompanied by a comprehensive introduction from noted Sartre authority Ronald Aronson, which places the interviews in biographical and philosophical perspective to demonstrate how they confirm and contribute to Sartre's overall philosophy. This absorbing volume at last contextualizes and elucidates the final thoughts of a brilliant and influential mind.
"Just as Sartre had first preached existentialism, then Marxism, here Sartre expresses belief in a political hope, replacing Marxism with ethics.... A fascinating work that gives further insight into a great thinker; highly recommended." - Library Journal"
ISBN: 9780226476315
Dimensions: 22mm x 14mm x 1mm
Weight: 198g
142 pages