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Author:   Kevin W. Sweeney
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781498509367

ISBN 10:   1498509363
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   16 May 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter One: Philosophical Ideas in The Wall and Other Stories Resistance to Finding Philosophical Contexts in Sartre's Stories Strategy for Interpreting the Five Stories Bad Faith and its Philosophical Foundations Emotions and Feelings The Four Examples of Bad Faith in Being and Nothingness Conclusion Chapter Two: Bad Faith and Responsibility in The Wall Constant and Kant in The Wall The Prisoners' Trials The Night in the Cell Pablo's Disengagement and Husserl's Epoche Pablo Considers the Falangistas' Offer Pablo Faces a Kant Situation The Significance of Pablo's Laugh/Cry Chapter Three: Eve in Sartre's The Room : The Freudian Censor in Bad Faith Freud's Topographical Theory of the Psyche Sartre's Critique of Freud's Topographical Theory Charles Darbedat Visits His Daughter Eve and Her Husband Pierre Between Father and Husband: Eve's Role As Censor Is Eve in Bad Faith? Conclusion Chapter Four: Erostratus and Descartes's Example of Hats and Coats The Downward Perspective Descartes's Example of Hats and Coats The Significance of Hilbert's Fainting Hilbert's Revolver and His Gloves The Significance of the Laugh/Cry Erostratus and His Plan The Letter and Hilbert's Hatred of Humanity Playing the Role of the Violent Killer Trying to Kill on the Street The Victim and His Look The Plan Goes Awry Conclusion Chapter Five: Knowledge of One's Emotions in Intimacy Lulu's Stream of Consciousness and Her Ambivalence Purity and Lulu's Aversion to Bodies Rirette Waits for Lulu at the Dome Lulu Arrives and Tells Rirette Her Tale The Scene with Henri on the Sidewalk Lulu Alone in Her Hotel Room Henri and Lulu Are Miserable Lulu's Letter and Rirette's Bitter Regret Conclusion Chapter Six: The Existential Childhood of a Leader Lucien's Infancy Lucien and His Body Lucien in Paris Lucien's Friendship with Berliac and Bergere Lucien Goes Back to Ferolles Lucien Meets Lemordant Lucien Becomes a Camelot Conclusion Chapter Seven: Bad Faith in The Wall and Other Stories Bibliography

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Kevin W. Sweeney is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Tampa.

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