Pada tahun 1961, intelektual Perancis yang produktif Jean-Paul Sartre diundang untuk memberikan ceramah di Institut Gramsci di Roma. Hadir pula beberapa pemikir Marxis terkemuka Italia, seperti Enzo Paci, Cesare Luporini, dan Galvano Della Volpe, yang kontribusinya terhadap diskusi panjang dan luar biasa dikumpulkan dalam buku ini. Sartre mengajukan pertanyaan “Apa itu subjektivitas?”—seb…
In Essays in Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), the leading French exponent of existential philosophy, wrote a book that open many doors to the mind. Sartre challenged his readers to think beyond the meaning of their everyday thoughts and beliefs. His essays on nothingness, on the emotions, and on the image—including “The Problem of Nothingness,” “The Role of the Image in Men…
After discussing existentialism as it pertains to art, human emotions, and psychology, French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre turns the question of existentialism to the subject of literature by stating that he wishes to “examine the art of writing without prejudice.” Sartre eschews the idea of artists and writers comparing their works of art to one another; instead, he argues, …
Truth and Existence, written in response to Martin Heidegger's Essence of Truth, is a product of the years when Sartre was reaching full stature as a philosopher, novelist, playwright, essayist, and political activist. This concise and engaging text not only presents Sartre's ontology of truth but also addresses the key moral questions of freedom, action, and bad faith. Truth and Existence i…