Surprise Castle
No Exit: Arab Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Decolonization

No Exit: Arab Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Decolonization - Paperback

$39.99
Quantity
01

Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with

Availability:In StockContributor:Yoav Di-CapuaPublish date:2018-03-30Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226503509ISBN-10:022650350XUPC:9780226503509Book Category:Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Movements, Middle EastBook Topic:Modern, ExistentialismSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCPMZVXM5W
It is a curious and relatively little-known fact that for two decades-from the end of World War II until the late 1960s-existentialism's most fertile ground outside of Europe was in the Middle East, and Jean-Paul Sartre was the Arab intelligentsia's uncontested champion. In the Arab world, neither before nor since has another Western intellectual been so widely translated, debated, and celebrated.

By closely following the remarkable career of Arab existentialism, Yoav Di-Capua reconstructs the cosmopolitan milieu of the generation that tried to articulate a political and philosophical vision for an egalitarian postcolonial world. He tells this story by touring a fascinating selection of Arabic and Hebrew archives, including unpublished diaries and interviews. Tragically, the warm and hopeful relationships forged between Arab intellectuals, Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and others ended when, on the eve of the 1967 war, Sartre failed to embrace the Palestinian cause. Today, when the prospect of global ethical engagement seems to be slipping ever farther out of reach, No Exit provides a timely, humanistic account of the intellectual hopes, struggles, and victories that shaped the Arab experience of decolonization and a delightfully wide-ranging excavation of existentialism's non-Western history.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226503509ISBN-10:022650350XUPC:9780226503509Book Category:Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Movements, Middle EastBook Topic:Modern, ExistentialismSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCPMZVXM5W
Yoav Di-Capua is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Contributor(s)

Yoav Di-Capua

Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.

Recently Viewed

View All