*What Is Subjectivity?* Author: [French] Jean-Paul Sartre Publisher: Shanghai People's Publishing House

An introductory book on Sartre's thought and existentialism

Recreating the scene of the clash between existentialism and Marxism

Why is "subjectivity" essential for our understanding of society?

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In 1961, Sartre, fresh from publishing "Critique of Dialectical Reason," met with a group of leading Marxists at the Gramsci Institute in Rome. This was a historically significant interaction, documenting Sartre's changing attitude towards Marxism. At the same time, despite Sartre clarifying his approach to studying subjectivity and emphasizing the non-subjectivist nature of his thought, he still revealed an affinity with Hegelian thought...

Fifty years after fundamental shifts in both politics and philosophy, from what perspective should we approach this text?