Reality of Others

''Hell is other people!'' So said the great French existentialist philosopher, novelist and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. The Reality of Others explores Sartre''s infamous maxim in detail-when, where and why he said it, what he really meant by it, and what it means for us today.

In comprehensively answering that crucial question, author Gary Cox provides an in-depth account of what Sartre and other...