It is Right to Rebel

It is Right to Rebel, available in English for the first time, comprises extensive dialogues between the philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre, journalist and founder of Liberation Philippe Gavi and political radical and Maoist Pierre Victor, conducted between 1972 and 1974.

Auteur

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-80). The foremost French thinker and writer of the early post-war years. His books have exerted enormous influence in philosophy, literature, art and politics.

Philippe Gavi is a French journalist specialising in media issues. With Sartre, he was a founder of the French newspaper Libération.

Pierre Victor (1945-2003). Born Benny Lévy, Victor became a prominent figure on the Maoist left during the May 1968 civil unrest in France, and was Sartre's personal secretary from 1974 to 1980. After embracing Orthodox Judaism, he emigrated to Israel in 1997 where he helped establish the Institut d'études lévinassiennes.