The existential sociology of Jean-Paul Sartre
By: Gila J. Hayim.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: Sartre, Jean Paul, 1905-; Existentialism; Sociology
Description: In chapter one I cover the basic concepts developed in Being and Nothingness, notable those of "temporality," "negation," "anguish" and "bad faith." In chapter two I move from the individual as the center of free action, to the individual in relation to the Other. In chapter three I attempt to unify the perspectives in the first two chapter and present a theory of action. In chapter four I introduce the reader to the Critique and establish its thematic links with Being and Nothingness. In chapter five I analyze the ramifications of the concept of the practico-inert, which, for Sartre, is inseparable from human sociality. In chapter six I deal with the concept of organization, which refers to the contradictions within the social group as it moves into advanced stages of social integration. In chapter seven I cover the concepts of power and authority. Chapter eight deals with the idea of dialectical humanism and highlights essential concepts in the work by way of concluding it. --Introduction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.