1st Edition

Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions

By Jean-Paul Sartre Copyright 2014
96 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

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 short work - which contains some of the principal ideas later to appear in his masterpiece Being and Nothingness - is Sartre at his best:... Read more

Foreword to the Routledge Great Minds Edition  1.  Introduction: Psychology, phenomenology and phenomenological psychology  2.  Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions I.  The Classic Theories  II.  The Psychoanalytic Theory  III.  Outline of a Phenomenological Theory  3. Conclusion

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Jean-Paul Sartre