Existentialism and humanism
By: Jean-Paul Sartre ; translation and introd. by Philip Mairet.
Publisher: Haskell House
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Brooklyn
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 70
Subjects: Existentialism.
Description: Although the existential movement in France has had almost a popular success, it is much more than passing fashion in ideas. It has over a century of history behind it, and is already entitled to rank as one of those movements of revolt against over-systematization in philosophy which have occurred from time to time in the course of Western thought, with corrective or stimulating effect. And although existentialism is often described as anti-historical, and in a sense it is, its advocates show no lack of interest in their historical antecedents. The present translation of a lecture by Jean-Paul Sartre, followed by a discussion, may therefore be usefully prefaced by a brief account of the school of thought which it represents.
Notes: Translation of L'existentialisme est un humanisme.
Reprint of the 1948 ed. published by Methuen, London.