Camus and Sartre

by Germaine Brée

includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects are Albert Camus, - 1913-1960, Jean-Paul Sartre, - 1905-1980 and Existentialism.

Genres: Philosophy, Biography, Essays

287 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

I find Sartre pretty much impenetrable and this critical comparative analysis of the two didn’t help with Sartre much. What it made clear however is that Sartre kept changing his mind about his own philosophy with the facts as disclosed by the passage of the decades. (That is at one level admirable I suppose.) In any case he didn’t particularly adapt his own actions to conform, though he talked a good game. Camus’s writing on the other hand is more straight- forward, more understandable and generally presents a coherent approach to life, an approach which incidentally he was roundly criticized especially as regards the Algerian revolution. And as Bree demonstrates extensively, Camus pretty much lived, and took public positions, in accord with his writing.

[Nick Holmberg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Inaccessible writing style, at times. Unbalanced, not enough depth on Camus. Overall, a decent overview.