{"product_id":"the-traitor-paperback-14","title":"The Traitor - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndre Gorz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutobiography, philosophical inquiry, confession--\u003ci\u003eThe Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e is an unclassifiable and unforgettable book from one of France's most inspiring social critics. Written when Andr  Gorz was 32 and rising to prominence in the Parisian existentialist milieu, \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e starts from an acute personal crisis, \"a state of absolute subjective misery,\" rooted in social and political alienation. Using psychoanalysis and Marxism, Gorz explores the origins and symptoms of this crisis and struggles towards a resolution which he finds at last in political commitment and self-affirmation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew personal documents have ever been so rigorously analytical; few philosophical texts so vividly illuminated by the honest recall of painful experience. Gorz's father was Jewish, his mother Catholic: his tormented childhood in Austria during the \u003ci\u003eAnschluss\u003c\/i\u003e, when he took refuge first in religious asceticism, then in a self-destructive identification with Nazism, is scrupulously recorded. So, too, is his adolescent exile in Switzerland, his early encounters with Sartre--who, as \"Morel\", is a constant reference point--and the conflicts of his first love affairs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSartre called \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e \"an invitation to life.\" It remains the most intimate and profound book to emerge from the existentialist movement, while providing remarkable insights into Andr  Gorz's subsequent work.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndre Gorz\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Austria in 1924, and moved to Paris in 1948, going on to become an editor of \u003ci\u003eLes Temps Modernes\u003c\/i\u003e. He was one of the founders of \u003ci\u003eLe Nouvel Observateur\u003c\/i\u003e and wrote for it under the pseudonym of Michel Bosquet for some twenty years. His books \u003ci\u003eCritique of Economic Reason\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e are published by Verso. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Paul Sartre\u003c\/b\u003e was a prolific philosopher, novelist, public intellectual, biographer, playwright and founder of the journal \u003ci\u003eLes Temps Modernes\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Paris in 1905 and died in 1980, Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964--and turned it down. His books include \u003ci\u003eNausea, Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Flies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Exit, Sartre's War Diaries, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCritique of Dialectical Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, and the monumental treatise \u003ci\u003eBeing and Nothingness\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 9.18 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47345202200825,"sku":"9780860919414","price":34.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/aERFNWhrZHd2L3BuQytMdDd4TmV0QT09_39605660-c79b-457a-91a3-ac6e00743a1c.webp?v=1769742499","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-traitor-paperback-14","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}