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The Philosophical Contexts of Sartre's the Wall and Other Stories : Stories of Bad Faith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (146 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498509374
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Philosophical Contexts of Sartre's the Wall and Other StoriesDDC classification:
  • 843.914
LOC classification:
  • PQ2637.A82 -- .S944 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Chapter One: Philosophical Ideas in The Wall and Other Stories -- Chapter Two: Bad Faith and Responsibility in "The Wall" -- Chapter Three: Eve in Sartre's "The Room": The Freudian Censor in Bad Faith -- Chapter Four: "Erostratus" and Descartes's Example of Hats and Coats -- Chapter Five: Knowledge of One's Emotions in "Intimacy" -- Chapter Six: The Existential Childhood of a Leader -- Chapter Seven: Bad Faith in The Wall and Other Stories -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The Philosophical Contexts of The Wall and Other Stories presents a philosophical analysis of all five stories in Sartre's short-story collection, concentrating on characters' acts of bad faith. Kevin W. Sweeney argues that each of the five stories has its own philosophical problem that serves as the context for the narrative, and that Sartre constructs each story as a reply to the philosophical issue in the context and as support for his position on that issue.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Chapter One: Philosophical Ideas in The Wall and Other Stories -- Chapter Two: Bad Faith and Responsibility in "The Wall" -- Chapter Three: Eve in Sartre's "The Room": The Freudian Censor in Bad Faith -- Chapter Four: "Erostratus" and Descartes's Example of Hats and Coats -- Chapter Five: Knowledge of One's Emotions in "Intimacy" -- Chapter Six: The Existential Childhood of a Leader -- Chapter Seven: Bad Faith in The Wall and Other Stories -- Bibliography -- Index.

The Philosophical Contexts of The Wall and Other Stories presents a philosophical analysis of all five stories in Sartre's short-story collection, concentrating on characters' acts of bad faith. Kevin W. Sweeney argues that each of the five stories has its own philosophical problem that serves as the context for the narrative, and that Sartre constructs each story as a reply to the philosophical issue in the context and as support for his position on that issue.

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