Abstract

Welcome back to the first regular issue of SSI after the Sartrefest of 2005. The centenary of Sartre’s birth was marked not only by the ‘official’ celebrations of his life and work in Paris – notably at the BNF –, but by so many colloquia in all corners of the globe that many of us finished the year suffering from conference fatigue! The debate, especially in the French press, over Sartre’s legacy was proof enough – if any were needed – of Sartre’s continuing capacity to arouse controversy from beyond the grave.