Jean-Paul Sartre: Hated Conscience of His Century, Volume 1: Protestant or Protester?
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (542 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226287971 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Most remarkable about this brilliantly original biography, the first half of a two-volume opus, is that it is authorized: Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir cooperated with the author from the early 1970s onward. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. Photos. He and de Beauvoir presented themselves as the ideal liberated couple, but Gerassi finds jealousy and possessiveness on both sides. Writing with energetic immediacy, the author argues that Sartre "had never pretended to be a resistant during the war," and limns a gutsy intellectual caught between Gaullists and French Communists. . From Publishers Weekly To Gerassi, political science professor at City University of New York and longtime friend of Sartre, the French philosopher remains the 20th century's "most unrelenting conscience," its greatest intellectual; he charges that many critics and biographers have tried to twist Sa
Campbell Roark said Well- it's THE AUTHORIZED BIO Sartre chose Gerassi. One of the best sartre bios out there (and the official one). Volume One- It has the dual fortune of being both a quick read and a decent intro to Sartre's life and thought. It also calls him on his *ish*, which is rare for biographers. (Gerassi's parents were Spanish -ok his mom wasn't but married into it- friends of Sartre and Sim. a great bio of one of the greats of the 20th C. Ed Facile I don't know what's wrong with the next reviewer (I suspect it's Anne Coulter with a fake moustache- Hi Anne!). Yes, Sarte supported some bad people, and some not so worthy causes- but then if we are to judge the Soviets and China for their victims- does that mean turning a blind eye to the countless dead in Argentina, Guatemala, Ch. "Misleading Title" according to reading man. Before buying this book, you should know that it's not a biography in the usual sense, even though Sartre, who was a friend of Gerassi, chose him as his "official biographer". In fact, Gerassi explains in his preface that he'd written 700 pages when he discovered that Annie Cohen had published a full-dress bio of about the same leng
John Gerassi is professor of political science at the Graduate Center and Queens College of the City University of New York. From 1956 to 1966, he was a journalist for Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, and Inter-Press Service. His many books include The Great Fear in Latin America, The Boys of Boise,
Gerassi also immersed himself in Sartre's literary, philosophical, and personal writings. After drafting the commission with Sartre on the back of a menu at La Coupole, Gerassi recorded over one hundred hours of interviews with him between 1974 and 1979, and another hundred hours with Sartre's friends, colleagues, and enemies. Gerassi had access to all of Sartre's files, unpublished manuscripts, and extensive notes for planned but undelivered lectures. Countless biographers have tried to unveil the real Jean-Paul Sartre without his consent or cooperation. Sartre trusted the integrity of Gerassi so completely that he considered Gerassi's biography to be the continuation of his own autobiography, Les mots. As a personal friend, Gerassi writes with advantages shared by no other biographer of Sartre.. Only John Gerassi—the "non-godson" of Sartre, an atheist&