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Jean-Paul Sartre

Politics and Culture in Postwar France

Michael Scriven author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:23rd Jun '99

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This book offers an assessment of Sartre as an exemplary figure in the evolving political and cultural landscape of post-1945 France. A series of case-studies centred on Gaullism, communism, Maoism (Part 1), the theatre, art criticism and the media (Part 2), illustrate the continuing relevance and appeal of Sartre to the contemporary world.This book offers an assessment of Sartre as an exemplary figure in the evolving political and cultural landscape of post-1945 France. Sartre's originality is located in the tense relationship that he maintained between deeply held revolutionary political beliefs and a residual yet critical attachment to traditional forms of cultural expression. A series of case-studies centred on Gaullism, communism, Maoism (Part 1), the theatre, art criticism and the media (Part 2), illustrate the continuing relevance and appeal of Sartre to the contemporary world.

'...a genuine force as a committed intellectual.' - Sam Coombes, Radical Philosophy

ISBN: 9780333633212

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193 pages