Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions

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

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.

Summary

Sartre analyses prior ideas, including

psychoanalytic theories before presenting his own phenomenological
analysis.

Editions

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

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