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Title: Introducing Sartre by Philip Malcolm Waller Thody, Howard Read, Richard Appignanesi ISBN: 1-84046-007-5 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not a Good Start on Sartre
Comment: If you are looking for a good, quick introduction to Sartre's Philosophy, I would not start with _Introducing Sartre_ from Totem Books, but with _Sartre For Beginners_ from Writers and Readers Publishing.
_Introducing Sartre_ focuses more on Biographical information, and brief Literary analysis of Sartre's novels and plays, than on his Philosophical works and their meaning. The illustrations are frequently just "fluffy" caricaturization instead of helping us understand characterization. Why would I want to struggle with trying to determine which figure is supposed to be Aron, Nizan or Sartre?
The book lacks a Glossary (which is further indication of its Biographical/Literary approach rather than Philosophical), and there is no Bibliography (all references must be gleaned from within the text.)
While as a whole, the book was a somewhat interesting read, the weakness of its philosophical examination allowed me to only rate it 3-Stars.
Rating: 5
Summary: highly thought provoking . . . strange life at a glace
Comment: I just finished reading this and was amazed at how much I enjoyed reading about this man's intellectual challenges. While I didn't agree with everything he put forth, I did appreciate his attempt to say what he felt regardless of what others might say in response. While at times [many to be honest] he comes off as a whining, melodramatic, lonely, malcontent there is still something about his body of work that coerced me into attempting to understand the origin of my thoughts and actions over the years. Well worth the few bucks it takes to make it your own!
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Title: Introducing Heidegger by Jeff Collins, Howard Selina, Richard Appignanesi ISBN: 1840460032 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Introducing Nietzsche by Laurence Gane, Kitty Chan, Richard Appignanest, Richard Appignanesi ISBN: 184046075X Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Introducing Kant by Christopher Want, Andrezey Klimowski, Richard Appignanesi, Chris Want, Andrzej Klimowski ISBN: 1840460814 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Introducing Descartes by Dave Robinson, Chris Garratt, Richard Appignanesi ISBN: 1874166994 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Introducing Postmodernism by Richard Appignanesi, Chris Garratt, Ziauddin Sardar, Patrick Curry ISBN: 1840460563 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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