Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions

Summary

Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions (French: Esquisse d'une théorie des émotions) is a 1939 book by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. This work contains some of his thoughts about human and emotions. Some of his ideas later appeared in his masterpiece Being and Nothingness.

Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions
AuthorJean-Paul Sartre
Original titleEsquisse d'une théorie des émotions
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
SubjectEmotion
Published1939
Media typePrint

Summary edit

Sartre analyses prior ideas, including psychoanalytic theories before presenting his own phenomenological analysis.

Editions edit

  • The Emotions: Outline of a Theory, translated by Bernard Frechtman, The Philosophical Library, 1948.

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