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Ezra Klein highlighted the book as a posthumously published 2022 work that tackled Sartre's notion that "hell is other people" by examining the political dimensions of inconvenience. He described it as a challenging read that rewards stamina, noting its relevance to understanding social and political tensions. The discussion positioned the title as a thought‑provoking contribution to contemporary theory.
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He highlighted this posthumously published 2022 work as an attempt to unpack Sartre's phrase "hell is other people" through the lens of political inconvenience.
My second recommendation is a very difficult book but worth it if you have the stamina. It is a book by Lauren Berlant, the famous critic and theorist who unfortunately passed away just recently. The title of it is On the Inconvenience of Other People.
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The book, published posthumously in 2022, was described as unpacking Sartre's phrase "hell is other people" through the lens of inconvenience and politics.
My second recommendation is a very difficult book, On the Inconvenience of Other People by LaurenBerlant, published posthumously in 2022, which unpacks the Sartre phrase 'hell is other people' through the lens of inconvenience and argues that inconvenience is itself political.