Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions / Edition 1

by Jean-Paul Sartre

Overview

One of Sartre's most important pieces of writing, this classic text not ony anticipates but argues many of the ideas to be found in his famous Being of Nothingness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415854726
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/02/2013
Series:	Routledge Great Minds
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-80). The foremost French thinker and writer of the early post-war years. His books have exerted enormous influence in philosophy, literature, art and politics.

Table of Contents

Preface by Mary Warnock

Introduction: Psychology, phenomenology and phenomenological psychology

Sketch for a Theory of Emotions
I. The Classic Theories
II. The Psychoanalytic Theory
III. Outline of a Phenomenological Theory

Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

'A model of lucid exposition, very well translated. The central thesis stands out with tempting clarity ... Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions is certainly the best introduction available to the world of Being and Nothingness, and is also a useful guide to M. Sartre's more difficult views on the imagination.' - Times Literary Supplement

'A driving force in all Sartre's writing is his serious desire to change the life of his reader.' - Iris Murdoch

'The best source for Sartre's theoretical views on the nature of psychology.' - Mary Warnock, from the introduction

From the Publisher