A critical figure in twentieth-century literature and philosophy, Jean-Paul Sartre changed the course of critical thought, and claimed a new, important role for the intellectual.

Christine Daigle sets Sartre s thought in context, and considers a number of key ideas in detail, charting their impact and continuing influence, including:

• Sartre s theories of consciousness, being and freedom as outlined in Being and Nothingness and other texts
• the ethics of authenticity and absolute responsibility
• concrete relations, sexual...

A critical figure in twentieth-century literature and philosophy, Jean-Paul Sartre changed the course of critical thought, and claimed a new, important role for the intellectual.

Christine Daigle sets Sartre's thought in context, and considers a number of key ideas in detail, charting their impact and continuing influence, including:

• Sartre's theories of consciousness, being and freedom as outlined in Being and Nothingness and other texts
• the ethics of authenticity and absolute responsibility
• concrete relations, sexual...