At the Existentialist Café
by Sarah Bakewell
At the Existentialist Café by Sarah Bakewell
Bakewell brings existentialist thinkers to life through stories of friendship, conflict, freedom, and commitment. Bakewell follows the lives, arguments, friendships, and conflicts of major existentialist thinkers, showing how philosophical questions emerged from particular historical experiences. Biographical storytelling makes debates about freedom and responsibility approachable. The book connects ideas with the people who developed them and the political upheavals that tested their commitments.
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At the Existentialist Café
Bakewell follows the lives, arguments, friendships, and conflicts of major existentialist thinkers, showing how philosophical questions emerged from particular historical experiences. Biographical storytelling makes debates about freedom and responsibility approachable. The book connects ideas with the people who developed them and the political upheavals that tested their commitments.
Why read it?
Bakewell brings existentialist thinkers to life through stories of friendship, conflict, freedom, and commitment. Explore Existentialism, Intellectual history and Freedom in this book.
Edition details
- Author / creators: Sarah Bakewell
- Publisher: Other Press
- Language: English
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 464
- Edition publication year: 2017
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Book Details
- Author
- Sarah Bakewell
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Other Press
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 464
- Publication year
- 2017
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