The Social Thought of Jean-Paul Sartre

F. Adler

DOI:10.1086/220538

Corpus ID: 144247304

The Social Thought of Jean-Paul Sartre

@article{Adler1949TheST,
  title={The Social Thought of Jean-Paul Sartre},
  author={F. Adler},
  journal={American Journal of Sociology},
  year={1949},
  volume={55},
  pages={284 - 294}
}

F. Adler
Published 1949
Sociology
American Journal of Sociology

Disappointment with science characterizes modern existentialism, yet the existentialist Sartre seems to move back to science. Though a philosopher, he deserves the attention of the sociologist because of the hypotheses and thought models he offers. Sartre starts from a phenomenologist epistemology. Man chooses and makes himself by acting. Any action implies the judgment that it is right under the circumstances not only for the actor, but also for everybody else in similar circumstances. Thus… Expand

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