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Book SynopsisThis 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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Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgements Initial Thoughts PART I: SARTRE'S REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS Sartrean Politics: Transition and Division Sartre and de Gaulle: Two Conceptions of France Sartre and the Nizan Affair: The Cold War Politics of French Communism Sartre and the Politics of Violence: Maoism in the Aftermath of May 1968 PART II: SARTRE'S CULTURAL POLITICS Sartre and Commitment: Reinventing Cultural Forms Myth Versus Satire: The Dramatised Politics of Sartre's Nekrassov Ideological Art Criticism: Sartre and Giacometti Mediated Politics: Sartre and Chomsky Revisited Postscript: A Final Word on Sartre English Translation of the Principal Titles Cited in French Notes and References Bibliography Index
