Sartre - Still existentialising after all these years

[Nearly Sane]

Review of three new books on Sartre, or rather 2 and one that is a bit wider. I really enjoyed Bakewell's book and am unlikely to seek out the other two, in part because it was Camus I turned to as a shiny newbie


http://tinyurl.com/hvebhc5

[wigginhall]

I'd better read that, as I was well into 'Being and Nothingness' at a certain age.   I don't think I would get beyond page 1 now.   

[Nearly Sane]

I'd better read that, as I was well into 'Being and Nothingness' at a certain age.   I don't think I would get beyond page 1 now.

I found it, the Bakewell book, very engaging. It's part history, part philosophy but very clear. As the review says it is a bit light on Husserl but to be honest I could never understand him anyway. For a philosopher as dense as Heidegger it does really well.

[Brownie]

I'd better read that, as I was well into 'Being and Nothingness' at a certain age.   I don't think I would get beyond page 1 now.

I only read his novels, one in particular I read aged 15 and several times afterwards (The Age of Reason);  might dip my toe into the water.