A novel introduction to Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist phenomenology.
Draws parallels between Sartre's work and the work of Wittgenstein
Stresses continuities rather than conflict between Sartre and Merleau-Ponty, and between Sartre and post-structuralist/post-modernist thinkers, thus corroborating 'new Sartre' readings
Exhibits the influence of Gestalt psychology in Sartre's descriptions of the life-world
Forms part of the Blackwell Great Minds series, which outlines the views of the great western thinkers and captures the relevance of these figures to the way we think and live today
About the Author
Katherine Morris has been a Lecturer in philosophy at Mansfield College, Oxford University since 1986 and a fellow since 1998; she holds an MPhil in medical anthropology as well as a DPhil in philosophy. The author of numerous articles on Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Descartes and Wittgenstein, she is also the co-author of Descartes’ Dualism (1996) with G.P. Baker.
Features
Provides a novel interpretation of the post-war French intellectual Jean-Paul Sartre’s major existentialist writings and ideas
Draws parallels between Sartre’s work and the work of Wittgenstein
Stresses continuities rather than conflict between Sartre and Merleau-Ponty, and between Sartre and post-structuralist/post-modernist thinkers, thus corroborating ‘new Sartre’ readings
Exhibits the influence of Gestalt psychology in Sartre’s descriptions of the life-world
Forms part of the Blackwell Great Minds series, which outlines the views of the great western thinkers and captures the relevance of these figures to the way we think and live today
