Die schmutzigen Hände

by Jean-Paul Sartre

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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

[Ana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Habe es eig nur aus der Bücherei mitgenommen, weil es das dünnste von Satres Werken auf dem Regal war, aber es hat mich überrascht. Es war spannend, die Themen sehr interessant und alles in allem gut zu lesen. Für die Zeit sind die weiblichen Charaktere sehr gut, sie haben eigene Charaktere und werden nicht verteufelt oder objektiviziert. Die politischen Aspekte der Geschichte sind gut gemacht, obwohl Hugo als Charakter für mich sehr unsympathisch bleibt. Interessant, aber unsympathisch. Alles in allem sehr empfehlenswert.