Der Existentialismus ist ein Humanismus und andere philosophische Essays 1943 - 1948
Kaum ein Text Sartres trug so sehr zur Verbreitung seines Denkens bei wie "Der Existentialismus ist ein Humanismus", doch kaum einer war zugleich so vielen Mißverständnissen ausgesetzt. Er gehört zu den wenigen, von denen sich Sa...
We Have Only This Life To Live
We Have Only This Life To Live
The Wall: (Intimacy) and Other Stories
'The Wall', the lead story in this collection, introduces three political prisoners on the night prior to their execution. Through the gaze of an impartial doctor-seemingly there for the men's solace-their mental descent is charted in exquisite, o...
Reprieve
It is September 1938 and during a heatwave Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich conference, where they will learn if there is to be a war. In Paris people are waiting too, among them Mathieu, Jacques and Philippe, each wrestling with th...
No Exit and Three Other Plays
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER - Four seminal plays by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. An existential portrayal of Hell in Sartre's best-known play, as well as three other brilliant, thought-provoking works: the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict, and an arresting attack on American racism.
What is Literature?
Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the most important philosophical and political thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings had a potency that was irresistible to the intellectual scene that swept post-war Europe, and have left a vital inheritance ...
Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions
Although written fairly early in his career, in 1939, Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions is considered to be one of Jean-Paul Sartre's most important pieces of writing. It not only anticipates but argues many of the ideas to be found in his famou...
Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions
Philosopher, novelist, dramatist and existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre is one of the greatest writers of all time. He was fascinated by the role played by the emotions in human life and placed them at the heart of his philosophy. This brilliant shor...
Post-War Reflections
A compact collection of eight wide-ranging essays by Sartre from the immediate postwar years. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century...
On Revolution
A two-part essay on the "myth" of revolution and the figure of the artist. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his...
Venice and Rome
A trio of short pieces on two cities of eternal magic, Venice and Rome. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his work has rem...
Psychology of the Imagination
The Psychology of the Imagination was originally published in France in 1940 under the title of L'Imaginaire. It was specifically designed as an essay in phenomenology and it constitutes the first attempts to introduce Husserl's work into French c...
Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions
Although written fairly early in his career, in 1939, Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions is considered to be one of Jean-Paul Sartre's most important pieces of writing. It not only anticipates but argues many of the ideas to be found in his famou...
Nausea
Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In impressionistic, diary form he ruthlessly catalogs his every feeling and sensation. His thoughts culminate in a pervasive, overpowering feeling of nausea which spreads at the bottom of the viscous puddle, at the bottom of our time the time of purple suspenders and broken chair seats; it is made of wide, soft instants, spreading at the edge, like an oil stain. Winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature (though he declined to accept it), Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, critic, novelist, and dramatist, holds a position of singular eminence in the world of French letters. La Naus e, his first and best novel, is a landmark in Existential fiction and a key work of the twentieth century.
Crime Passionnel
"A highly entertaining political political thriller...the play shows where that peculiarly Gallic combinations of sex, politics and suspense has its origins" (Michael Billington, Guardian) Crime Passionnel reflects Sartre's fascination w...
Les mots
Les mots
Existentialism and Humanism
Over the past sixty years the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre have probably been more influential in the West than those of any other philosopher and literary figure. In his theoretical writings, Sartre laid the foundation for an original doctrine of...
On Poetry
Two long Sartre essays that explore the Négritude poetry movement and the work of French writer Francis Ponge. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the ...
On Novels and Novelists
A collection of essays on renowned French writers, including Sarraute, Renard, and Gide. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and...
Der Ekel
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Baudelaire
Sartre's study of Baudelaire is one of the more brilliant achievements of modern criticism. We may often disagree with his interpretations of the poet's personality, but we cannot fail to wonder at the mastery with which he presents his case. It i...
Between Existentialism and Marxism
This book presents a full decade of Sartre's work, from the publication of the Critique of Dialectical Reason in 1960, the basic philosophical turning-point in his postwar development, to the inception of his major study on Flaubert, the first vol...
Aftermath of War
The Aftermath of War brings together essays written in Sartre's most creative period, just after World War II. Sartre's extraordinary range of engagement is manifest, with writings on post-war America, the social impact of war in Europe, contempor...
Colonialism and Neocolonialism
Nearly forty years after its first publication in French, this collection of Sartre's writings on colonialism remains a supremely powerful, and relevant, polemical work. Over a series of thirteen essays Sartre brings the full force of his remarkab...
Imaginary
A cornerstone of Sartre's philosophy, The Imaginary was first published in 1940. Sartre had become acquainted with the philosophy of Edmund Husserl in Berlin and was fascinated by his idea of the 'intentionality of consciousness' as a key to the p...
Transcendence of the Ego
First published in France in 1936 as a journal article, The Transcendence of the Ego was one of Jean-Paul Sartre's earliest philosophical publications. When it appeared, Sartre was still largely unknown, working as a school teacher in provincial F...
Transcendence of the Ego
First published in France in 1936 as a journal article, The Transcendence of the Ego was one of Jean-Paul Sartre's earliest philosophical publications. When it appeared, Sartre was still largely unknown, working as a school teacher in provincial F...
Existential Psychoanalysis
In Existential Psychoanalysis, Sartre criticizes modern psychology in general, and Freud's determinism in particular. His often brilliant analysis of these areas and his proposals for their correction indicate in what direction an existential psyc...
War Diaries
During the phony war that preceded the invasion of France, between late 1939 and the summer of 1940, the young Jean-Paul Sartre was stationed in his native Alsace as part of a meteorological unit. He used his considerable periods of spare time, be...
La nausee
La Nausee
Egots Transcendens - Skiss Till En Fenomenologisk Beskrivning
Ett möte mellan de båda vännerna Raymond Aron och Jean-Paul Sartre på ett kafé i Paris vintern 1932 kom att få avgörande betydelse för den senares filosofiska utveckling. Aron vistades under denna tid i Berlin där han studerade Husserl och den tyska fenomenologin. I den fenomenologiska filosofin undersöker man vanliga och påtagliga saker så som de visar sig för oss, klargjorde Aron. För fenomenologen är inte världen i sig, utan världen som fenomen, studieobjekt. Sartre blev fullständigt tagen av vännens beskrivning och beslöt att själv resa till Berlin. Där tillbringade han läsåret 1933/34, intensivt sysselsatt med den tyska fenomenologin. Han fördjupade sig i skrifter av Husserl, Heidegger och Jaspers och arbetade på essän "Egots transcendens", som kom att bli den kanske viktigaste av hans tidiga filosofiska studier. I dessa första arbeten sökte Sartre utveckla en egen och originell medvetandeteori. I "Egots transcendens" radikaliserar han Husserls fenomenologi genom att ta bort jaget som otvivelaktig utgångspunkt. Medvetandet är för Sartre ren, fri spontanitet, ett intet, ett medvetande om något utanför sig själv; det är ett jaglöst, opersonligt medvetande som är individuellt till sin natur. Jaget är inte något som finns i eller bakom medvetandet, utan det framträder i stället som resultat av en reflexionsakt. Med denna syn på jaget och medvetandet menade sig Sartre undvika idealism och kunna filosofiskt grunda en moral och en politik. Detta är en nyutgåva av 1991 års utgåva.