Author and philosopher
Sarah Bakewell is a British author who studied philosophy at the University of Essex and teaches Creative Writing at Kellogg College, Oxford. Her book At the Existentialist Cafe, named one of the Ten Best Books of 2016 by the New York Times, brings the story of existentialism to life through the personalities and ideas of Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus, and Heidegger.
by Sarah Bakewell
Bakewell tells existentialism's story through Sartre, de Beauvoir, Heidegger, and Camus - inseparable from the cafes, friendships, and political crises that shaped it.
The books Sarah Bakewell references, cites, and recommends most frequently.
by Jean-Paul Sartre
Sartre's landmark lecture argues existence precedes essence - we are condemned to be free, with no fixed human nature to fall back on. A concise entry point to existentialism.
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche attacks conventional morality as a system built by the weak to restrain the strong. He demands that philosophers create new values rather than accept inherited ones.
Who Sarah draws from, and who draws from Sarah — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.