Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions

Informationen zum Autor Jean-Paul Sartre Klappentext 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: insightful, engaging and controversial. Far from constraining one's freedom, as we often think, Sartre argues that emotions are fundamental to it and that an emotion is nothing less than 'a transformation of the world'.With a new foreword by Sebastian Gardner.¿ Zusammenfassung PHILOSOPHY. The emotions lie at the heart of the existentialist philosophy Sartre championed and in this brilliant short work we see Sartre at his best: insightful! controversial and witty. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Paul Sartre
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2013
• EAN: 9780415854726
• ISBN: 978-0-415-85472-6
• No. of pages: 78
• Series: Routledge Great Minds
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Psychology: emotions, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism