{"id":19130,"date":"2023-06-21T14:22:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T14:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=19130"},"modified":"2025-04-01T09:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T09:57:55","slug":"jean-paul-sartre-june-21-1905-april-15-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/jean-paul-sartre-june-21-1905-april-15-1980","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Paul Sartre (June 21, 1905 &#8211; April 15, 1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jean-Paul Sartre was a key figure in French philosophy and Marxism in the twentieth century. A a playwright, philosopher, novelist, political activist, and more, his work was very influential. As such, he has featured in several books from Berghahn over the years and has a journal dedicated to his ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See below to explore the some of the various works he has featured in over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/title\/MajumdarPostcoloniality\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MajumdarPostcoloniality.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19131 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MajumdarPostcoloniality.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MajumdarPostcoloniality-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">POSTCOLONIALITY: The French Dimension<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Margaret A. Majumdar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Access<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>978-1-80073-944-4&nbsp;<strong>$19.95\/\u00a315.95<\/strong>&nbsp;\/ Pb \/ May&nbsp;2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outlining in particular the contribution of thinkers such as C\u00e9saire, Senghor, Memmi, Sartre and Fanon to the worldwide development of anti-imperialist ideas, Majumdar offers a critical perspective on the ongoing difficulties of France\u2019s relationship with its colonial and postcolonial Others and suggests new lines of thought that are currently emerging in the Francophone world, which may have the capacity to take these debates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/downloads\/intros\/MajumdarPostcoloniality_intro.pdf\">introduction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/title\/BouleExistentialism\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BouleExistentialism.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19133 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BouleExistentialism.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BouleExistentialism-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EXISTENTIALISM AND CONTEMPORARY CINEMA: A Sartrean Perspective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Edited by Jean-Pierre Boul\u00e9 and Enda MacCaffrey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>978-1-78238-494-6&nbsp;<strong>$34.95\/\u00a327.95<\/strong>&nbsp;\/ Pb \/ March&nbsp;2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>One of the strengths of the volume overall is the breadth of approaches to and applications of Sartrean thinking, from the personal and political to the atheistic and artistic. There is also a refreshing selection of films under consideration\u2026their edited collection is very welcome evidence in support of the proposition that thinking about Sartre and film together can produce stimulating and insightful film philosophy<\/em>.\u201d<strong>&nbsp; \u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;Journal of Contemporary European Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/downloads\/intros\/BouleExistentialism_intro.pdf\">introduction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:24% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/title\/VanDenHovenSartre\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/VanDenHovenSartre.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19132 size-full\"\/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SARTRE TODAY: A Centenary Celebration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Edited by Adrian van den Hoven and Andrew Leak<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>978-1-84545-166-0&nbsp;<strong>$34.95\/\u00a327.95<\/strong>&nbsp;\/ Pb \/ December&nbsp;2005<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cEach chapter is well written and thoroughly researched, offering an overall balanced and insightful analysis of the subject at hand. The first two parts\u2026 treat the general reader to a crash course on Sartrean existentialism, which undergirds his engagement; the second part&#8230; links Sartre to the contemporary understanding of neuroscience and group therapy, and the third relates Sartre\u2019s interest in biography, cinema and theatre to contemporary trends in these fields\u2026This volume confirms Sartre\u2019s stature as universal intellectual.\u201d<\/em><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;Modern and Contemporary France<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/title\/VanDenHovenSartre\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From Berghahn Journals:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sartre-studies_cover-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19136 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sartre-studies_cover-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sartre-studies_cover-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SARTRE STUDIES INTERNATIONAL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Executive Editors:<\/strong><br><em>For the UKSS<\/em><br>John Gillespie,&nbsp;<em>Ulster University<\/em><br>Katherine Morris,&nbsp;<em>Mansfield College Oxford<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>For the NASS<\/em><br>T Storm Heter,<em>&nbsp;East Stroudsburg University<\/em><br>Constance Mui,&nbsp;<em>Loyola University<\/em><br><br>See more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berghahnjournals.com\/view\/journals\/sartre-studies\/sartre-studies-overview.xml\">here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean-Paul Sartre was a key figure in French philosophy and Marxism in the twentieth century. A a playwright, philosopher, novelist, political activist, and more, his work was very influential. As such, he has featured in several books from Berghahn over the years and has a journal dedicated to his ideas. 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