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


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Book Information
ISBN 9780333633212
Author Michael Scriven
Format Hardback
Page Count 193
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan