ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1987, is a study of the development of Sartre’s political thought from the late 1920s to the liberation of France in 1944, concentrating particularly upon his concept of freedom. It is argued that the evolution of Sartre’s thinking can be regarded as constituting a series of problematics each of which has a corresponding notion of freedom, and these problematics are elucidated in turn.

chapter |18 pages

Introduction

part One|52 pages

Anarchic Freedom 1927–1937

chapter 1|11 pages

Sartre’s Development to 1937

chapter 2|12 pages

Sartre’s Early Works

chapter 3|29 pages

Freedom in the Early Works

part Two|69 pages

Magical Freedom 1934 – 1942

part Three|126 pages

Committed Freedom 1938–1945

chapter 7|18 pages

From Magic to Commitment

chapter 8|42 pages

Committed Literature

chapter 9|26 pages

Literature and Politics

chapter 10|40 pages

Towards a New Concept of Freedom