2 audio discs (approximately 1 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Call Number
B2430.S34 S77 2007ab
Dewey Decimal Classification
194
Distributor No.
Z3738 Blackstone Audiobooks
Summary
During his lifetime, Jean-Paul Sartre enjoyed unprecedented popularity for a philosopher, due partly to his role as a spokesman for existentialism--at the opportune moment when this set of ideas filled the spiritual gap left amidst the ruins of World War II. Existentialism was a philosophy of action and showed the ultimate freedom of the individual. In Sartre's hands it became a revolt against European bourgeois values. In Sartre in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise account of Sartre's life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Sartre's work, a brief list of suggested readings for those who wish to delve deeper, and chronologies that place Sartre within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy.
Note
Compact discs. Duration: 1:30:00. Read by Robert Whitfield.
