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| Discussion: Jean Paul Sartre Nausea: GREAT, OUTSTANDING, ADMIRABLE...it is definetely a book that you want to read... >>By Asphodel I totally agree. the scariest thing is that everybody felt like that sometimes. the nausea, the stupid superstitions, all the ideas borned from the nausea.. it really is a great book >>By notquiteso Could you give a summary as to what Nausea is about? I've heard of Sartre from classes, but have no idea what he writes about. >>By kiradominique J P Sartre concludes his major work on existential / phenomenological philosophy "Being and Nothingness" with the statement 'man is a useless passion'. And finding himself at an impasse (after all, if human existence ain't worth a chocolate bean then what's the point of writing anything further on the subject) he took up a rather quirky Marxist stance, and in his next philosophical work "Critique of Dialectic Reason" he attempted to graft his own existentialist theory onto classic Marxism. Having said that, Sartre's livelong intention was to wake people up as to the 'inauthentic' existence they were living, and compel them into taking a course of action to rectify their situation. "Nausea" was written during his full blown existentialist phasse, and is indeed one of the best novels of the 20th century. >>By nouveau_prole You are not logged in. To access all functionality, you can log in via Flork. Flork is a worldwide community of people who are interested in music, movies and books. As a Flork-User, you can participate in this and other discussions, meet new people and exchange messages with other members directly: www.flork.com |