The Existentialist Offensive
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It is 80 years since Beauvoir and Sartre gave the word 'existentialism' a definition ...
... in a campaign of publications and events that Beauvoir later called 'the existentialist offensive'.
To celebrate, this feed will mark each key moment (including political events) for the next three months.
... in a campaign of publications and events that Beauvoir later called 'the existentialist offensive'.
To celebrate, this feed will mark each key moment (including political events) for the next three months.
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I'm giving an online talk on Saturday morning with the
Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling
:: Bad Faith, Bullshit, and Belonging ::
mainly Beauvoir and Sartre
with some Kierkegaard and Heidegger
Everyone is welcome!
Booking is here: bit.ly/SAPCbfbb
Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling
:: Bad Faith, Bullshit, and Belonging ::
mainly Beauvoir and Sartre
with some Kierkegaard and Heidegger
Everyone is welcome!
Booking is here: bit.ly/SAPCbfbb
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I'm giving an online talk on Saturday morning with the
Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling
:: Bad Faith, Bullshit, and Belonging ::
mainly Beauvoir and Sartre
with some Kierkegaard and Heidegger
Everyone is welcome!
Booking is here: bit.ly/SAPCbfbb
Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling
:: Bad Faith, Bullshit, and Belonging ::
mainly Beauvoir and Sartre
with some Kierkegaard and Heidegger
Everyone is welcome!
Booking is here: bit.ly/SAPCbfbb
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15 November 1945:
An interview with Camus appears on the front page of Les Nouvelle’s Littéraires headlined:
‘NON, je ne suis pas existentialiste’, nous dit ALBERT CAMUS
An interview with Camus appears on the front page of Les Nouvelle’s Littéraires headlined:
‘NON, je ne suis pas existentialiste’, nous dit ALBERT CAMUS
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
15 November 1945:
An interview with Camus appears on the front page of Les Nouvelle’s Littéraires headlined:
‘NON, je ne suis pas existentialiste’, nous dit ALBERT CAMUS
An interview with Camus appears on the front page of Les Nouvelle’s Littéraires headlined:
‘NON, je ne suis pas existentialiste’, nous dit ALBERT CAMUS
15 November 1945:
An interview with Camus appears on the front page of Les Nouvelle’s Littéraires headlined:
‘NON, je ne suis pas existentialiste’, nous dit ALBERT CAMUS
An interview with Camus appears on the front page of Les Nouvelle’s Littéraires headlined:
‘NON, je ne suis pas existentialiste’, nous dit ALBERT CAMUS
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
15 November 1945:
An interview with Camus appears on the front page of Les Nouvelle’s Littéraires headlined:
‘NON, je ne suis pas existentialiste’, nous dit ALBERT CAMUS
An interview with Camus appears on the front page of Les Nouvelle’s Littéraires headlined:
‘NON, je ne suis pas existentialiste’, nous dit ALBERT CAMUS
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✨✨
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by me
is published today in the UK!
(Australia and North America publication is next February.)
✨✨
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by me
is published today in the UK!
(Australia and North America publication is next February.)
✨✨
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
'Superb ... I can't imagine a better way of meeting the existentialists in all their variety' - Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Café
‘We are thrown into the world at every moment, an...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
✨✨
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by me
is published today in the UK!
(Australia and North America publication is next February.)
✨✨
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by me
is published today in the UK!
(Australia and North America publication is next February.)
✨✨
1 November 1945:
Issue 2 of Les Temps Modernes is published
Beauvoir’s essay ‘Idéalisme moral et réalisme politique’ addresses a theme of her novel La Sang des Autres and her play Les Bouches Inutiles
– the place of morality in political action and the foundational value of each person’s freedom
Issue 2 of Les Temps Modernes is published
Beauvoir’s essay ‘Idéalisme moral et réalisme politique’ addresses a theme of her novel La Sang des Autres and her play Les Bouches Inutiles
– the place of morality in political action and the foundational value of each person’s freedom
November 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
1 November 1945:
Issue 2 of Les Temps Modernes is published
Beauvoir’s essay ‘Idéalisme moral et réalisme politique’ addresses a theme of her novel La Sang des Autres and her play Les Bouches Inutiles
– the place of morality in political action and the foundational value of each person’s freedom
Issue 2 of Les Temps Modernes is published
Beauvoir’s essay ‘Idéalisme moral et réalisme politique’ addresses a theme of her novel La Sang des Autres and her play Les Bouches Inutiles
– the place of morality in political action and the foundational value of each person’s freedom
29 October 1945:
Premiere performance of Beauvoir’s play Les Bouches Inutiles (aka Useless Mouths or Who Shall Die) at Théâtre des Carrefours (now Théâtre des Bouffes-du-Nord) by Gare du Nord in Paris.
Premiere performance of Beauvoir’s play Les Bouches Inutiles (aka Useless Mouths or Who Shall Die) at Théâtre des Carrefours (now Théâtre des Bouffes-du-Nord) by Gare du Nord in Paris.
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
29 October 1945:
Premiere performance of Beauvoir’s play Les Bouches Inutiles (aka Useless Mouths or Who Shall Die) at Théâtre des Carrefours (now Théâtre des Bouffes-du-Nord) by Gare du Nord in Paris.
Premiere performance of Beauvoir’s play Les Bouches Inutiles (aka Useless Mouths or Who Shall Die) at Théâtre des Carrefours (now Théâtre des Bouffes-du-Nord) by Gare du Nord in Paris.
29 October 1945:
Sartre gives a lecture titled ‘L’existentialisme – est-il un humanisme?’ at Club Maintenant in Paris.
Far too many people turned up. Sartre had to push his way through to the stage, much to the annoyance of the crowd.
He spoke for about an hour without notes and took questions.
Sartre gives a lecture titled ‘L’existentialisme – est-il un humanisme?’ at Club Maintenant in Paris.
Far too many people turned up. Sartre had to push his way through to the stage, much to the annoyance of the crowd.
He spoke for about an hour without notes and took questions.
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
29 October 1945:
Sartre gives a lecture titled ‘L’existentialisme – est-il un humanisme?’ at Club Maintenant in Paris.
Far too many people turned up. Sartre had to push his way through to the stage, much to the annoyance of the crowd.
He spoke for about an hour without notes and took questions.
Sartre gives a lecture titled ‘L’existentialisme – est-il un humanisme?’ at Club Maintenant in Paris.
Far too many people turned up. Sartre had to push his way through to the stage, much to the annoyance of the crowd.
He spoke for about an hour without notes and took questions.
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🎈Book launch!
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by Jonathan Webber
Wednesday 12 November 2025 : 18:00 - 19:30
Oat & Bean, 26 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BA
Everyone is welcome! No need to register. Just turn up!
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by Jonathan Webber
Wednesday 12 November 2025 : 18:00 - 19:30
Oat & Bean, 26 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BA
Everyone is welcome! No need to register. Just turn up!
October 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🎈Book launch!
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by Jonathan Webber
Wednesday 12 November 2025 : 18:00 - 19:30
Oat & Bean, 26 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BA
Everyone is welcome! No need to register. Just turn up!
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by Jonathan Webber
Wednesday 12 November 2025 : 18:00 - 19:30
Oat & Bean, 26 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BA
Everyone is welcome! No need to register. Just turn up!
24 October 1945:
The United Nations officially comes into being, as the UN Charter has now been ratified by the majority of its signatories including the five permanent members of the Security Council.
24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948.
The United Nations officially comes into being, as the UN Charter has now been ratified by the majority of its signatories including the five permanent members of the Security Council.
24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948.
October 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
24 October 1945:
The United Nations officially comes into being, as the UN Charter has now been ratified by the majority of its signatories including the five permanent members of the Security Council.
24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948.
The United Nations officially comes into being, as the UN Charter has now been ratified by the majority of its signatories including the five permanent members of the Security Council.
24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948.
24 October 1945:
Sartre gives a lecture on existentialism in Brussels and one Iris Murdoch is in the audience.
From her notes, this was clearly a version of the now rather famous lecture he was to give in Paris five days later.
Sartre gives a lecture on existentialism in Brussels and one Iris Murdoch is in the audience.
From her notes, this was clearly a version of the now rather famous lecture he was to give in Paris five days later.
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
24 October 1945:
Sartre gives a lecture on existentialism in Brussels and one Iris Murdoch is in the audience.
From her notes, this was clearly a version of the now rather famous lecture he was to give in Paris five days later.
Sartre gives a lecture on existentialism in Brussels and one Iris Murdoch is in the audience.
From her notes, this was clearly a version of the now rather famous lecture he was to give in Paris five days later.
21 October 1945:
A general election to the legislative assembly is held. This is the first time women can vote in a French national election.
A referendum asks whether the newly elected legislature should draft a new constitution. 96% of the votes cast are in favour.
A general election to the legislative assembly is held. This is the first time women can vote in a French national election.
A referendum asks whether the newly elected legislature should draft a new constitution. 96% of the votes cast are in favour.
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
21 October 1945:
A general election to the legislative assembly is held. This is the first time women can vote in a French national election.
A referendum asks whether the newly elected legislature should draft a new constitution. 96% of the votes cast are in favour.
A general election to the legislative assembly is held. This is the first time women can vote in a French national election.
A referendum asks whether the newly elected legislature should draft a new constitution. 96% of the votes cast are in favour.
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15 October 1945:
Pierre Laval, who had the official title Prime Minister of France in the collaborationist Vichy government, is executed by firing squad.
Pierre Laval, who had the official title Prime Minister of France in the collaborationist Vichy government, is executed by firing squad.
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
15 October 1945:
Pierre Laval, who had the official title Prime Minister of France in the collaborationist Vichy government, is executed by firing squad.
Pierre Laval, who had the official title Prime Minister of France in the collaborationist Vichy government, is executed by firing squad.
15 October 1945:
Pierre Laval, who had the official title Prime Minister of France in the collaborationist Vichy government, is executed by firing squad.
Pierre Laval, who had the official title Prime Minister of France in the collaborationist Vichy government, is executed by firing squad.
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
15 October 1945:
Pierre Laval, who had the official title Prime Minister of France in the collaborationist Vichy government, is executed by firing squad.
Pierre Laval, who had the official title Prime Minister of France in the collaborationist Vichy government, is executed by firing squad.
2 October 1945:
The day after Les Temps Modernes is launched, Sartre publishes the first novel in his series Les Chemins de la Liberté:
L’Âge de Raison is set in the summer of 1938 as Europe teeters on the brink of war.
The day after Les Temps Modernes is launched, Sartre publishes the first novel in his series Les Chemins de la Liberté:
L’Âge de Raison is set in the summer of 1938 as Europe teeters on the brink of war.
October 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
2 October 1945:
The day after Les Temps Modernes is launched, Sartre publishes the first novel in his series Les Chemins de la Liberté:
L’Âge de Raison is set in the summer of 1938 as Europe teeters on the brink of war.
The day after Les Temps Modernes is launched, Sartre publishes the first novel in his series Les Chemins de la Liberté:
L’Âge de Raison is set in the summer of 1938 as Europe teeters on the brink of war.
1 October 1945:
The first issue of Les Temps Modernes is published –– a monthly cultural and political journal led by Sartre and Beauvoir, with a host of other major figures on the editorial board.
The journal is named after a Charlie Chaplin film. Pablo Picasso designed the cover.
The first issue of Les Temps Modernes is published –– a monthly cultural and political journal led by Sartre and Beauvoir, with a host of other major figures on the editorial board.
The journal is named after a Charlie Chaplin film. Pablo Picasso designed the cover.
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
1 October 1945:
The first issue of Les Temps Modernes is published –– a monthly cultural and political journal led by Sartre and Beauvoir, with a host of other major figures on the editorial board.
The journal is named after a Charlie Chaplin film. Pablo Picasso designed the cover.
The first issue of Les Temps Modernes is published –– a monthly cultural and political journal led by Sartre and Beauvoir, with a host of other major figures on the editorial board.
The journal is named after a Charlie Chaplin film. Pablo Picasso designed the cover.
It is 80 years since Beauvoir and Sartre gave the word 'existentialism' a definition ...
... in a campaign of publications and events that Beauvoir later called 'the existentialist offensive'.
To celebrate, this feed will mark each key moment (including political events) for the next three months.
... in a campaign of publications and events that Beauvoir later called 'the existentialist offensive'.
To celebrate, this feed will mark each key moment (including political events) for the next three months.
September 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It is 80 years since Beauvoir and Sartre gave the word 'existentialism' a definition ...
... in a campaign of publications and events that Beauvoir later called 'the existentialist offensive'.
To celebrate, this feed will mark each key moment (including political events) for the next three months.
... in a campaign of publications and events that Beauvoir later called 'the existentialist offensive'.
To celebrate, this feed will mark each key moment (including political events) for the next three months.
September 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It is 80 years since Beauvoir and Sartre gave the word 'existentialism' a definition ...
... in a campaign of publications and events that Beauvoir later called 'the existentialist offensive'.
To celebrate, this feed will mark each key moment (including political events) for the next three months.
... in a campaign of publications and events that Beauvoir later called 'the existentialist offensive'.
To celebrate, this feed will mark each key moment (including political events) for the next three months.
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Be existential to each other…
September 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Be existential to each other…
#philsky
The cover art for the forthcoming ––
✨The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy ✨
–– is Marie Raymond's painting:
✨ Arabesques ou Variations sur la volute ✨ (1948)
For more on Marie Raymond, including images of many paintings, visit her archive's website: marieraymond.com
The cover art for the forthcoming ––
✨The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy ✨
–– is Marie Raymond's painting:
✨ Arabesques ou Variations sur la volute ✨ (1948)
For more on Marie Raymond, including images of many paintings, visit her archive's website: marieraymond.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
#philsky
The cover art for the forthcoming ––
✨The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy ✨
–– is Marie Raymond's painting:
✨ Arabesques ou Variations sur la volute ✨ (1948)
For more on Marie Raymond, including images of many paintings, visit her archive's website: marieraymond.com
The cover art for the forthcoming ––
✨The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy ✨
–– is Marie Raymond's painting:
✨ Arabesques ou Variations sur la volute ✨ (1948)
For more on Marie Raymond, including images of many paintings, visit her archive's website: marieraymond.com
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Coming soon ––
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by me
:: available now to pre-order from all good bookshops (and that bad one) ::
–– contents pages are in the thread below.
#philsky
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by me
:: available now to pre-order from all good bookshops (and that bad one) ::
–– contents pages are in the thread below.
#philsky
September 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Coming soon ––
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by me
:: available now to pre-order from all good bookshops (and that bad one) ::
–– contents pages are in the thread below.
#philsky
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
edited by me
:: available now to pre-order from all good bookshops (and that bad one) ::
–– contents pages are in the thread below.
#philsky
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'This is the Simone de Beauvoir Society' fits to that song in The Italian Job, in case you're wondering what will be looping through your mind 5 hours from now
Listen up! Submit your abstract for the 2026 Beauvoir Society conference on "Beauvoir & Reproduction: Politics, Labour, Biology, Lived Experience"🔥
Proposal abstracts are due **September 22, 2025**
Conference is May 2026 in Klagenfurt, Austria
Keynotes: Sylvie Chaperon & Stella Sandford
Proposal abstracts are due **September 22, 2025**
Conference is May 2026 in Klagenfurt, Austria
Keynotes: Sylvie Chaperon & Stella Sandford
2026 Conference
Pour la version française , choisir le drapeau français en haut à gauche du site !
beauvoir.weebly.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
'This is the Simone de Beauvoir Society' fits to that song in The Italian Job, in case you're wondering what will be looping through your mind 5 hours from now
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✨Congratulations to our doctoral student Thom Hamer ✨
whose paper
✨ 'A Case for Contingent Absurdity' ✨
has just been published in
✨ European Journal of Philosophy ✨
Llongyfarchiadau, Thom! Gefeliciteerd!
whose paper
✨ 'A Case for Contingent Absurdity' ✨
has just been published in
✨ European Journal of Philosophy ✨
Llongyfarchiadau, Thom! Gefeliciteerd!
A Case for Contingent Absurdity
A popular view on existential absurdity holds that if life is absurd, it must be inescapably so. In opposition to this view, I argue that the concept of existential absurdity allows for life to be co...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
✨Congratulations to our doctoral student Thom Hamer ✨
whose paper
✨ 'A Case for Contingent Absurdity' ✨
has just been published in
✨ European Journal of Philosophy ✨
Llongyfarchiadau, Thom! Gefeliciteerd!
whose paper
✨ 'A Case for Contingent Absurdity' ✨
has just been published in
✨ European Journal of Philosophy ✨
Llongyfarchiadau, Thom! Gefeliciteerd!