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Jean-Paul Sartre is a cult figure of French philosophy of the 20th century. But his influence is both good and dubious. We dive into his life and his works, and ask uncomfortable questions, whether he really resisted Nazism, and why he loved the USSR so much. And which of his ideas can still be useful today. Authors: literary critic Tetiana Ogarkova and philosopher Volodymyr Yermolenko, co-authors of the "Cult" podcast, teachers of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. SUPPORT: / kultpodcast SUBSCRIBE: / @kult_podcast LISTEN: https://li.sten.to/kultpodcast --- CONTENTS: 0:59 - Who is Sartre? 3:35 - The main works of Sartre. "Nausea", "Being and nothingness", "Existentialism is humanism", "Flies" 7:29 - Sartre and war 9:05 - "Words" - autobiography. Sartre and Beauvoir. Sartre-biographer: biographies of Flaubert, Genet, Freud 17:30 - Sartre and politics. Soft German captivity. A collaborator or a member of the resistance? Questionable behavior during the occupation 27:20 - Sartre and communism. Sartre and the USSR. The narcissism of one's own struggle 32:20 - Sartre, Beauvoir and the French war in Algeria 34:35 - Sartre and love 38:25 - Sartre's ideas. "Being and Nothingness" as a response to Heidegger's "Being and Time". "We are cursed to be free." Human freedom against existence. 41:50 - competition of freedoms. "Existence precedes essence." A parallel between the thinking of Sartre and Beauvoir 43:50 - what is "existence"? Existence and transcendence, going beyond oneself. Existence versus "essence" and "function" 47:50 - the role of the concept of "nothing". Néantisation. "What is important is what we have created from what others have created from us" 49:45 - Sartre's philosophy of love. "To love is the desire to be loved." Problems of this philosophy. 54:40 - Sartre's philosophy of view. 57:40 - how Sartre's philosophy influenced their political positions 1:00:00 - conclusion