The radical project : Sartrean investigations
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The radical project : Sartrean investigations
（New critical theory / general editors, Patricia Huntington and Martin Beck Matuštík）
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2000
- : alk. paper
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-121) and index
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: alk. paper ISBN 9780847696987
Description
In this original, yet highly accessible work, Martin aims to recover the radicality of Sartre's political project by examining his political interventions, including the debate concerning the Soviet Union during the Stalin period, the question of electoral politics during May 1968 and its aftermath. Looking closely at a number of Sartre's texts, including 'Materialism and Revolution,' 'The Critique of Dialectical Reason,' 'What is Literature,' and journalistic works and interviews, Martin seeks to reveal Sartre's continuing contribution to philosophy in the wake of postmodern, post-socialist and poststructuralist movements.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Ever since May: the radical project Chapter 2 1:Dictatorship "for" the proletariat: Sartre's theory of the Stalin period Chapter 3 2: Between Mao and Moses: Sartre's final decade Chapter 4 3: Beyond the varieties of Sartrophobia, toward Sartre's legacy for radical intellectuals Chapter 5 4: Political theory after Bataille and Derrida: On the critique of "project" Chapter 6 5: The political space of Sartre in the text of Derrida Chapter 7 6: Elections: Still a trap for fools? Revisiting Sartre's 1973 essay Chapter 8 7: Sartre and the critique of postmodern capitalism Chapter 9 Afterword: A philosopher of his century after his century
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: pbk ISBN 9780847696994
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These "Sartrean Investigations" are an attempt at a political reckoning with Sartre. They are an attempt to inhabit some of the central political questions of the twentieth century alongside Sartre. Now that the twentieth century is over, Bill Martin asks whether his radical spirit can still help us to understand and change the world that is emerging. For people of a certain generation, Sartre embodied the spirit of May 1968, a rebellion that was also a revolt against alienation in the West and against the actions of Western colonialism and imperialism in the East and South. The radical project attempts to integrate these two sides of Sartre's political theory and activism, emphasizing his anti-imperialism. Areas discussed include: Sartre's theory of the Stalin period; Sartre's engagement with Maoism and Judaism; and Sartre's legacy for radical intellectuals. Martin aims to contribute toward the transcendence of a time of historical impasse. In the end this means assimilating Sartre's thought to what the author calls the "postsecular," those forms of theory and activism that resist the overwhelming pointlessness of capitalism.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Ever since May: the radical project Chapter 2 1:Dictatorship "for" the proletariat: Sartre's theory of the Stalin period Chapter 3 2: Between Mao and Moses: Sartre's final decade Chapter 4 3: Beyond the varieties of Sartrophobia, toward Sartre's legacy for radical intellectuals Chapter 5 4: Political theory after Bataille and Derrida: On the critique of "project" Chapter 6 5: The political space of Sartre in the text of Derrida Chapter 7 6: Elections: Still a trap for fools? Revisiting Sartre's 1973 essay Chapter 8 7: Sartre and the critique of postmodern capitalism Chapter 9 Afterword: A philosopher of his century after his century
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