One of Sartre’s most important pieces of writing, Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions not only anticipates but argues many of the ideas to be found in his famous…

The Transcendence of the Ego was one of Jean-Paul Sartre’s earliest philosophical publications. This translation includes a thorough and illuminating introduction by Sarah Richmond, placing Sartre’s essay in its philosophical…

As the founding figure of existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre was a key figure in twentieth-century literature and philosophy, whose writings changed the course of critical thought. Christine Daigle sets Sartre’s thought…

Developments in ethical discourse have brought the issue of nature and development of character traits to the forefront of philosophical debate. This book presents an alternative to the dominant Aristotelian…

A story of the troubled life of an introspective historian, Antoine Roquentin, and an exposition of one of the most influential and significant philosophical attitudes of modern times - existentialism…

An approachable abridgment of Sartre’s important analysis of Flaubert.

From 1981 to 1994, the University of Chicago Press published a five-volume translation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s The Family Idiot: Gustave Flaubert…

First published in 1968, this is an authoritative introduction to the life of one of the greatest intellectual figures of the 20th century.

A Study Guide for Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nausea, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions…