Jean-Paul Sartre. Réflexions sur la Question Juive.

Estimate

$1,000–$1,500

Hammer price

$900

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author

(ANTISEMITICA).

printer

Editions Morihien

Place

Paris

Publication

1946

Description

First Edition . Half-title inscribed and signed by Sartre.

summary

Jean-Paul Sartre’s lengthy and most important essay concerning anti-Semitism. Written shortly following the liberation of Paris from German occupation, 1944. Noticing that popular public discussion in post-war France failed to address the tragedy of the return (or not) of French Jews deported by the Nazis, Sartre was concerned that the French people lacked an appreciation for what indeed actually happened to the Jews. So he set about writing this historically placed critique of anti-Semitism, thus expressing the great French philosopher’s solidarity with the Jews.

pp. 198, (2). Touch foxed, manuscript dedication on half title. Original printed wrappers. 12mo.

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