LāIdiot de la familleā
work by Sartre
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L'Idiot de la famille is a monumental, though ultimately unfinished, four-volume biographical study by Jean-Paul Sartre focusing on the 19th-century French novelist Gustave Flaubert. Published between 1971 and 1972, Sartre aimed to provide a "total biography" by employing a dual approach: utilizing Karl Marx's concepts of history and class alongside Sigmund Freud's insights into the human mind through an exploration of Flaubert's childhood and family dynamics. The work is known for its extensive length and detailed analysis.12
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