Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher, political activist, and writer
Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, political activist, and writer who was a key figure in existentialism and Marxism.[1][2] Despite his attempt to turn it down, the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature was conferred upon him.[2]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre
- Region
- Western philosophy
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Born
- 21 June 1905
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 15 April 1980
- Political party
- RDR (1948–1949)
- PCF (1952–1956)
- GP (1970)
- School of thought
- Continental philosophy
- existentialism
- phenomenology
- existential phenomenology
- hermeneutics
- Western Marxism
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he began a lifelong friendship with Raymond Aron.[3] He was captured by German troops in 1940 and spent nine months as a prisoner of war.[4] After his release in 1941, he participated in founding the underground resistance group Socialisme et Liberté.[5] Sartre wrote Being and Nothingness, The Flies, and No Exit during the German occupation.[6]
On 21 June 1905, Jean-Paul Sartre came into the world in Paris as the sole offspring of a French Navy officer.[7] During his teenage years in the 1920s, reading Henri Bergson's Time and Free Will sparked his interest in philosophy.[3] As its editor-in-chief, Sartre started the literary and political periodical Les Temps modernes in 1945.[8]
What the cited sources add
Josie Fanon stated that she initiated the removal of Sartre's preface from later editions of The Wretched of the Earth.[9] According to Josie Fanon, Sartre did not understand the Palestinian problem, which reversed his past political positions.[9] A Dictionary.com entry describes Sartre as the chief French exponent of atheistic existentialism.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Jean-Paul Sartre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Dictionary.com Meanings & Definitions of English Words", Dictionary.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jean-Paul Sartre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Minnen, bara minnen" ( ) from year 2000 by Lars Gyllensten. Address by Anders Österling, Member of the Swedish Academy. Retrieved 4 February 2012. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jean-Paul Sartre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jean-Paul, "The Imaginary: A Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination", Routledge, 2004, p. viii; "Quelques Anciens Celebres", Hattemer; Schrift, "Twentieth-century French Philosophy: Key Themes and Thinkers", Blackwell Publishing, 2006, p. 174–175; Schrift, "Twentieth-century French Philosophy: Key Themes and Thinkers", Blackwell Publishing, 2006, p. 174–175; Memoirs: Fifty Years of Political Reflection, Raymond Aron (1990).; Boschetti 1988, p. 14, 20–21; Auffret, D. (2002), Alexandre Kojeve. La philosophie, l'Etat, la fin de l' en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jean-Paul Sartre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fulton 1999, p. 7; Van den Hoven, "Sartre Today: A Centenary Celebration", Berghahn Books, 2005, p. viii; Boulé, "Sartre, Self-formation, and Masculinities", Berghahn Books, 2005, p. 114 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jean-Paul Sartre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ousby 2000, p. 218; Ousby 2000, p. 218 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jean-Paul Sartre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Boschetti 1988, p. 14, 20–21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jean-Paul Sartre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Forrest E. Baird, "Twentieth Century Philosophy", Prentice Hall, 22 July 1999, p. 226 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jean-Paul Sartre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fulton 1999, p. 7; Lecarme 2001, p. 55 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Christian Filostrat. "Frantz Fanon's Widow Speaks: Interview with Frantz Fanon's Widow Josie Fanon" . Negritude Agonistes. Accessed 05 June 2021.. facts only, no text reused. frantzfanonspeaks.wordpress.com
- "Dictionary.com Meanings & Definitions of English Words", Dictionary.com. facts only, no text reused. dictionary.com
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