In this provocative philosophical analysis, Jean-Paul Sartre refutes the idea that existentialism drains meaning from human life, by claiming that the philosophy instead gives man total freedom to achieve his own significance
Sartre's Existentialism and Human Emotions is a stirring defense of existentialist thought, which argues that "existence precedes essence." While attacks on existentialism claim that the philosophy leads to a kind of nihilistic gloom, Sartre contends that instead existentialism is the only path toward giving man meaning. Sartre ultimately argues that by the very absence of "a priori meaning," an individual can discover and shape his or her own significance and place in the world. Sartre turns the typical nihilistic definition of existentialism on its head in this optimistic take on his best-known theory.
- ISBN10 1504025180
- ISBN13 9781504025188
- Publish Date 1 December 2015 (first published 1 September 1983)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 January 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Open Road Media
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 100
- Language English