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Jean-Paul Sartre

Politics and Culture in Postwar France

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  • © 1999

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  1. Michael Scriven

    1. University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Initial Thoughts

    1. Initial Thoughts

      • Michael Scriven
      Pages 1-4

  3. Sartre’s Revolutionary Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Sartrean Politics: Transition and Division

      • Michael Scriven
      Pages 7-16

    3. Sartre and de Gaulle: Two Conceptions of France

      • Michael Scriven
      Pages 17-39

    4. Sartre and the Nizan Affair: The Cold War Politics of French Communism

      • Michael Scriven
      Pages 41-61

    5. Sartre and the Politics of Violence: Maoism in the Aftermath of May 1968

      • Michael Scriven
      Pages 63-79

  4. Sartre’s Cultural Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Sartre and Commitment: Reinventing Cultural Forms

      • Michael Scriven
      Pages 83-95

    3. Myth versus Satire: The Dramatised Politics of Sartre’s Nekrassov

      • Michael Scriven
      Pages 97-112

    4. Ideological Art Criticism: Sartre and Giacometti

      • Michael Scriven
      Pages 113-132

    5. Mediated Politics: Sartre and Chomsky Revisited

      • Michael Scriven
      Pages 133-151

  5. Postscript: A Final Word on Sartre

    1. Postscript: A Final Word on Sartre

      • Michael Scriven
      Pages 153-153

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 155-193
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About this book

This book offers an assessment of Sartre as an exemplary figure in the evolving political and cultural landscape of post-1945 France. Sartre's originality is located in the tense relationship that he maintained between deeply held revolutionary political beliefs and a residual yet critical attachment to traditional forms of cultural expression. A series of case-studies centred on Gaullism, communism, Maoism (Part 1), the theatre, art criticism and the media (Part 2), illustrate the continuing relevance and appeal of Sartre to the contemporary world.

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'...a genuine force as a committed intellectual.' - Sam Coombes, Radical Philosophy

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

    Michael Scriven

About the author

Michael Scriven is Professor of European Studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

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