Abstract

Written by a leading expert, this is the ideal guide to Sartre’s most famous work, _Being and Nothingness_. Anthony Stone explores all the major topics and key themes of Sartre’s work. He introduces: Sartre’s life and the background to On Being and Nothingness the ideas and text of Being and Nothingness the continuing importance of Sartre’s work to philosophy today Sartre was one of the most important twentieth-century continental philosophers. This book will be essential reading for all students of continental philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology.