محاورات في السياسة

by Jean-Paul Sartre, جان بول سارتر, جورج طرابيشي (Translator)

Book by Sartre, Jean-Paul

Genres: Politics

188 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology). His work has influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature despite attempting to refuse it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution."
Sartre held an open relationship with prominent feminist and fellow existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Together, Sartre and de Beauvoir challenged the cultural and social assumptions and expectations of their upbringings, which they considered bourgeois, in both lifestyles and thought. The conflict between oppressive, spiritually destructive conformity (mauvaise foi, literally, 'bad faith') and an "authentic" way of "being" became the dominant theme of Sartre's early work, a theme embodied in his principal philosophical work Being and Nothingness (L'Être et le Néant, 1943). Sartre's introduction to his philosophy is his work Existentialism Is a Humanism (L'existentialisme est un humanisme, 1946), originally presented as a lecture.

Reviews

[Differengenera · Rating 4 out of 5]

reasonably interesting set of interviews from around '68 on the social position of the intellectual, French theatre and what it means to think or write dialectically. amusing to see his hedging his bets on issues such as the Sino-Soviet split, he uses the word permanent in the context of social change and immediately distances it from Trotsky's notion of same

[Vesa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5
I thought I would enjoy this more than I did. It's a very miscellaneous collection of interviews and essays about these topics, but not explicitly. I liked some ideas, though, and highlighted quite a few passages.

[Connor Parissis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interview on Revolution and the Intellectual was great, but the rest of the book was just interview style ramblings that went on for way too long and just felt like filler. Sartre has far more writing on politics and literature that could've been used. oh well

[Hanna Abi Akl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Both reflective and sensitive, the book is designed in the manner of a long interview in which Sartre develops his views and experience on many intertwined topics, offering readers a glimpse into his insightful mind. A great read.