A Dictionary of Philosophy, Third Edition
. 1905–80. Born in Paris, he worked mostly in France, with some study in Germany. Famous both as a writer of novels and plays and as a philosopher, he represented one form of EXISTENTIALISM, though his later work tended towards Marxism. He was the most explicitly atheistic of existentialists, and took an active part in politics.
Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions, 1939. L’Être et le néant, 1943. L’Existentialisme est un humanisme, 1946 (popular, but often regarded as not representing his main thought). Critique de la raison dialectique, 1960 (Marxist in tendency). See also BAD FAITH, MARCEL, MERLEAU-PONTY.
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