Work · Jean-Paul Sartre
Situations X — Politics and Autobiography
Late texts and interviews connect public commitment, personal history and assessment of an oeuvre.
Understanding the text
The last original-series volume published during Sartre's lifetime belongs to years of declining sight and increased oral exchanges.
Key points
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Autobiography
Politics reinterprets a trajectory without removing contradictions.
- 02
Orality
Interviews have a different rhythm and responsibility of utterance from solitary manuscripts.
- 03
Revision
Retrospection can shift earlier positions without producing a final system.
How to read it
Compare retrospective claims with writings from the period concerned rather than using them as universal keys.
Editions & sources
Summaries and key points are original editorial interpretations. They accompany reading the work and do not replace an edition of the text. Editorial method ↗