Inventing the New: History and Politics in Jean-Paul Sartre

by Luca Basso

Gilles Deleuze's assertion that 'Sartre knew how to invent the New' suggests a vital aspect of the French philosopher, one that departs from the image that has often been presented of him. Sartre's post-1956 critique of the Stalinist USSR, together with the increasing prominence of anti-colonial struggles and a series of experiences that would find their condensation in 1968, pushed him to a continuous rearticulation of his political ideas, on the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004686967
• ISBN13: 9789004686960
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 264 Pages