First published 2000
Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre invites readers into the turbulent inner world of a man grappling with the burden of radical freedom. Through piercing personal reflections and blistering cultural critiques, Sartre dismantles the illusions of human nature and casts each of us as the sole authors of our own lives. With searing honesty and uncompromising logic, he confronts the dizzying implications of a world without pre-determined meaning, where we are forever condemned to be free.
Genres: biography, philosophy, 20th-century, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
352 pages · Paperback · Routledge