Sartre Today

<p> <i>Sartre Today</i> is a tribute to Jean-Paul Sartre on the centenary of his birth (1905-2005). With twenty-two contributions from leading Sartre scholars in North America and the United Kingdom this volume will greatly enhance Sartre scholarship in the English-speaking world.</p><p> The diversity of these chapters reflects the depth and breadth of Sartre's wide-ranging engagement with the political and cultural issues of his time. Yet as these contributions demonstrate it is clear that Sartre's work still offers an important framework through which to address contemporary issues of a similar magnitude. This applies to Sartre's enduring contribution to philosophy and his conception of violence and terror as well as analyses of the latest political events in the United States. Other contributions address Sartre's relationship to the contemporary understanding of neuroscience and group therapy as well as his conception of literature biography the theater and cinema.</p><p> This rich volume will be of great use not only to all Sartre scholars but also to anyone who has an interest in modern philosophy politics psychology and literature.</p><p> Contributors: Thomas R. Flynn Joseph S. Catalano Reidar Due Steve Martinot Ronald E. Santoni David Detmer John Duncan Hazel E. Barnes Betty Cannon Constance L. Mui Peter Caws Ann Jefferson Dennis A. Gilbert Colin Davis John Gillespie Ian Birchall Betsy Bowman and Bob Stone Azzedine Haddour Ronald Aronson William L. McBride</p>