A select group of academics from around the world began to receive a mysterious book titled being or nothingness hereby abbreviated bon written by a joe k. In his book the psychopath test, author jon ronson describes a strange event that occurred in 2008. Other articles where being and nothingness is discussed. Please study the letter to professor hofstadter before you read the book. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. An essay on phenomenological ontology is a book written by french philosopher jeanpaul sartre.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Buy being and nothingness book online at low prices in. Essai dontologie phenomenologique, sometimes published with the subtitle a phenomenological essay on ontology, is a 1943 book by the philosopher jeanpaul sartre. Oct 24, 2009 being or nothingness, joe k ooooooo0oooo0o. The book discusses, in a selfreferential, disjointed, and poetic way, the meaning of life, consciousness, selfidentity, religion, from what seems to be an existential perspective. Mar 05, 20 the events of being or nothingness form only a small portion of ronsons book. Barnes and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Buy a cheap copy of being and nothingness book by jeanpaul sartre. Being and nothingness that sartre revealed himself as a master of outstanding talent. The title hovered over an imprint of mc eschers drawing hands. Being or nothingness hardcover january 1, 2007 by joe k. Apparently, per norfeldt is purported to have translated being or nothingness by joe k from the english under the title varat eller intet. Jun 01, 2014 the author was a joe k a reference to kafkas josef k. This entry was posted on friday, september 26th, 2008 at 5.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Though the book is thick, dense, and unfriendly to careless readers, it is indispensable to those interested in the philosophy of consciousness and free will. It introduces many of the main themes we will see in being and nothingness. You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2. The next main thing we will be reading is sartres transcendence of the ego. Oct 30, 2018 alexis marked it being or nothingness joe k toread aug 26, the unique, sealed limited edition, being or nothingness joe k numbering by hand and an extra copy of each book to each recipient must have cost at least a few hundred swedish kronor per copy. Being and nothingness simple english wikipedia, the free. This is a difficult but extremely exciting book on the philosophy of mind. A philosophical classic and major cornerstone of modern existentialism often criticized and alltoorarely understood, the philosophy of jeanpaul sartre encompasses the dilemmas and aspirations of the individual in contemporary society.
Disconnect sexuality from being, and nothingness emerges. Jeanpaul sartre, the seminal smartypants of midcentury thinking, launched the existentialist fleet with the publication of being and nothingness in 1943. The author was a joe k a reference to kafkas josef k. The author was a joe k a reference to kafkas joseph k, maybe, or an anagram of joke. In the book, sartre develops a philosophical account in support of his existentialism, dealing with topics such as consciousness. In this way, disparate cousins are united via a common event, thereby raising a fugue of minds across the globe. A writer named jeanpaul sartre sees his latest philosophical manuscript, being and nothingness, a phenomenological essay on ontology, 722 pages of fine. The sender cast his net wide, sending the book in a suspiciouslooking package to a mostly confused smattering of people around the world. It can be considered part of a type of philosophy called existentialism references. Barnes published by philosophical library 1956, ny 1956.
The parts about b or n were most interesting to me, but the rest of the book does contain some interesting information as well as some uninteresting information. On being or nothingness by joe k posted on october 29, 2008 by ironwolf i left the following comment today on this thread most of the comments are in english but the main article is in portuguese, so use an online translator if you want to read it. A good conversation about the book has taken place at metafilter. The book is divided into an introduction and four main parts. In 1943, these themes were given largescale, systematic philosophical expression with the publication of being and nothingness. His concept was the criticism of noumenan in which he define that there is a world of ideas what we perceive is access to all our ideas. Being and nothingnesscontains all the basic tenets of his thought, as well as all its more intricate details. Published in 1943, being and nothingness aimed to make certain the facts of human existence. Inside was a white volume, hardback, called being or nothingness, with the well known picture by escher on the cover of two hands recursively drawing each other.
Being and nothingness project gutenberg selfpublishing. The next chapters more specifically investigate madness in the form of psychopathy. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Its spines are designed to collect a certain demographic of person, the catch being that these people previously havent shared acquaintance in any way consciously known to them. Being and nothingness is sartres seminal work on existentialism josef k is the main character of kafkas the trial both authors are highly critical of religion and other institutions, so this may be an attempt to leech intellectual credibility for the mystery book. Being or nothingness joe k feb 20 those that have read the psychopath test by jon ronson may remember the mystery about a book titled being or nothingness by joe k. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist. The being of consciousness, we said in the introduction, is a being such that in its being, its being is in question, this means that the being of consciousness does not coincide with itself in a full equivalence. What do you think of being and nothingness by jeanpaul. Someone had carefully cut out with scissors the page that would have listed the publishing and details, the isbn, etc. Those that have read the psychopath test by jon ronson may remember the mystery about a book titled being or nothingness by joe k. Being or nothingness hardcover january 1, 20 by k joe author 3. A portion of your purchase of this book will be donated to nonprofit organizations.
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