Sartre on Sin: Between Being and Nothingness

by Kate Kirkpatrick

Book Overview

Sartre on Sin: Between Being and Nothingness argues that Jean-Paul Sartre's early, anti-humanist philosophy is indebted to the Christian doctrine of original sin. On the standard reading, Sartre's most fundamental and attractive idea is freedom: he wished to demonstrate the existence of human freedom, and did so by connecting consciousness with nothingness. Focusing on Being and Nothingness, Kate Kirkpatrick demonstrates that Sartre's concept of nothingness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198848862
• ISBN13: 9780198848868
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 4.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.5" x 10.9"