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Sartre's Ethics of Engagement (Hardcover, New)
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Sartre's Ethics of Engagement (Hardcover, New)
Series: Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy
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Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the most distinctive and vociferous
social critics of the twentieth century. As editor of the French
post-war journal Les Temps Modernes, Sartre was able to complement
his literary and philosophical views with essays devoted to
practical ethical and political issues. The post-war era was one of
the most fruitful, exciting and daring periods for Sartre's
thinking.
His published and unpublished works disclose a striking feature of
Sartrean existentialism. The commonly-held view is that
existentialism champions radical individualism and disparages
community, social roles and civic participation. This book
challenges this received wisdom, showing that Sartrean
existentialism is in fact a deeply social philosophy. T. Storm
Heter demonstrates the vitality of Sartre's landmark essays 'What
is Literature?' and 'Anti-Semite and Jew', and reveals the
importance of the 'Notebooks for an Ethics', a rich and often
ignored manuscript containing Sartre's most extensive discussion of
ethical and political concepts.
Drawing on these sources, Heter argues that Sartrean authenticity
is an ethically and politically important virtue. Contrary to
popular belief, the virtue of authenticity is not a mere codeword
for sincerity and personal acceptance. Authenticity requires
interpersonal recognition and group participation. We cannot be
authentic in a vacuum, for the very dynamic of authenticity
requires that others recognize our authentic identities.
This book not only defends Sartrean ethics against charges of
formalism, emptiness and extreme subjectivism, but also shows that
authenticity is an important civic virtue, relevant to the social
and political institutions of the modern world.
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