Sartre's 'Being and Nothingness': A Reader's Guide

by Sebastian Gardner

Book Overview

Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and Nothingness marked the beginning of the rise of French existentialism in the twentieth century. In this work Sartre offers a complex and profound defense of human freedom. The topics discussed by Sartre range from traditional problems of metaphysics and epistemology to the roots of human motivation and the nature of human relationships. It is a hugely important text in a long and distinguished tradition of philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826474691
• ISBN13: 9780826474698
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"