Jean-Paul Sartre - Jean-Pierre Boul+

Jean-Paul Sartre: Mind and Body, Word and Deed celebrates Sartre+s polyvalence with an examination of Sartrean philosophy, literature, and politics. In four distinct yet related sections, twelve scholars from three continents examine Sartre+s thought, writing and action over his long career. +Sartre and the Body+ reappraises Sartre+s work in dialogue with other philosophers past and present, including Maine de Biran, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Didier Anzieu. +Sartre and Time+ offers a first-hand account by Michel Contat of Sartre and Beauvoir working together, and a +philosophy in practice+ analysis by Fran+ois Noudelmann. +Ideology and Politics+ uses Sartrean notions of commitment and engagement to address modern and contemporary politics, including insights into Castro, De Gaulle, Sarkozy and Obama. Finally, an important but neglected episode of Sartre+s life+the visit that he and Beauvoir made to Japan in 1966+is narrated with verve and humour by Professor Suzuki Michihiko, who first met Sartre during that visit and remained in touch subsequently. Taken together, these twelve chapters make a strong case for the continued relevance of Sartre today. - - - - -