{"product_id":"the-existentialist-moment-9780745685403","title":"The Existentialist Moment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChoice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015  Jean-Paul Sartre is often seen as the quintessential public intellectual, but this was not always the case. Until the mid-1940s he was not so well-known, even in France. Then suddenly, in a very short period of time, Sartre became an intellectual celebrity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"In a brilliant history of Sartre as philosopher and public figure, Patrick Baert creates a new theory of the public intellectual not through their personal intentions (the vocabulary of positioning) but in terms of the consequences of their thought (the vocabulary of efects). The result is a superb contribution both to our understanding of public intellectuals and to the sociology of knowledge.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBryan S. Turner, The City University of New York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Why Sartre emerged, from almost nowhere, to become one of the most compelling intellectuals of the 20th century has posed a seemingly intractable challenge for historians and social theorists alike. Patrick Baert cuts this Gordian knot, and develops a new sociological theory of intellectuals along the way. \u003ci\u003eThe Existentialist Moment\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply researched, conceptually compelling work.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Baert's \u003ci\u003eThe Existentialist Moment\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a unique opportunity to see precisely what was going on in the French intellectual world in 1945 when Sartre first exploded on the scene. The interactions among French thinkers, against the backdrop of earlier struggles between collaborationists and the Resistance, are vividly portrayed in Baert's fine writing. There is nothing like this book on the market today. It is a gem.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCharles Guignon, University of South Florida\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Occupation, intellectual collaboration and the Resistance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The purge of collaborationist intellectuals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Intellectual debates around the purge: responsibility, purity, patriotism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 The autumn of 1945\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Sartre's committed literature in theory and practice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Rise and demise: a synthesis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Explaining intellectuals: a proposal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiblography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404427960663,"sku":"9780745685403","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745685403.jpg?v=1730486432","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-existentialist-moment-9780745685403","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}