Do You Want to Burn Sade?

About This Novel

When "Should Sade Be Burned" was first published in France, it was titled "On Privilege", which included "Should Sade Be Burned" and "Merleau-Ponty and the Pseudo-Sartre Doctrine". It was later republished under the title "Should Sade Be Burned". Sade was an 18th-century French erotica writer, and the term Sadism comes from his name. Some people believe that he is a sexual evil, advocating the indulgence of instinct, and is unforgivable. Others see him as a warrior who encourages people to achieve complete liberation through the gratification of various forms of desire. His works were banned in France, and he was not rehabilitated until the beginning of the 20th century. He was a pioneer of "cursed writers". Beauvoir's angle is very special. Her book is called "Theory of Privilege". It starts from the privileged class's understanding of their situation, taking the old aristocracy as an example: the aristocrats defended their rights without considering the rationality of these rights. Sade was born into a noble family, but he had the courage to take on his own uniqueness and violate the moral standards followed by the nobles. In the most straightforward way, he demanded that his own pleasure be the law. Although he failed in the end, his flamboyant behavior revealed that the egoism of the privileged class could only be wishful thinking and could not give itself legitimacy in the eyes of everyone. The second article "Merleau-Ponty and the Pseudo-Sartre Doctrine" is also written from the perspective of the privileged class. In the French environment of the 1950s and 1960s, some intellectuals stood on the side of interests, tried to confuse the general interests with the interests of the bourgeoisie, and had a debate with Sartre. Beauvoir defended Sartre and wrote this article.

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