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At the Existentialist Café

Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others

Sarah Bakewell

Explore the modern existentialist movement that swept through Paris and the world in At the Existentialist Café. Follow the passionate encounters between influential figures like Sartre, de Beauvoir, Camus, Heidegger, and others as they shape a philosophy of real life – of love, freedom, and revolutionary fervor. Sarah Bakewell delves into the biographies and thoughts of these brilliant minds, weaving a captivating narrative through the biggest questions of all: who are we and how should we live?
Publish Date
2016-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
2016-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.24
ISBN
9780099554882
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2021-07-28T06:53:37.000Z
@kkthomason I love that book and also her At The Existentialist Café! Sarah’s on Twitter @Sarah_Bakewell She talks about Montaigne in this Philosophy Bites interview: a      source