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Tag: Jean-Paul Sartre

Posted inOpinion

‘Hell is other people’: the new normal of Covid-19

by Zahid Ali Shah May 6, 2020May 6, 2020

The French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre wrote in one of his famous plays, No Exit, in 1944: “This is hell. I’d never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture chambers, the fire and brimstone, the ‘burning marl.’ Old wives’ tales! There’s no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is – other […]

In search of answers, the writer looked back in time and set off to the Forum in a walking conversation with the ruins of Rome. Photo: iStock
Posted inChina, European Union, Italy, Middle East, World

Rome and the decline of the West: rich assortment of ills

by Pepe Escobar January 27, 2018February 18, 2020
Sartre (left) and Jean-Luc Godard, one of the leaders of French "nouvelle vague" cinema movement, address journalists in February 1971, in Paris. Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, France, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, World

In an age of Hollow Men and existential angst, re-read Sartre

by Pepe Escobar December 23, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT+

Why you won’t find the meaning of life

by Spengler August 30, 2011September 3, 2020

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