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Critique of Dialectical Reason

Jean-Paul Sartre

  • 756 pages · about 13 hours
  • First published 1960
  • 23 editions
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1 About this book

Critique of Dialectical Reason is the product of a later stage in Sartre's thinking, during which he no longer identified Marxism with the Soviet Union or French Communism but came closer to identifying as a Marxist. It puts forward a revision of Existentialism, and an interpretation of Marxism as a contemporary philosophy par excellence, one that can be criticized only from a reactionary pre-Marxist standpoint.

Good for readers who want: philosophy, history, and a long read.

  • Existentialism
  • Philosophy
  • History
  • History, philosophy
  • Dialectic

2 About Jean-Paul Sartre

1905–1980

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, US also ; French:; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, political activist, and writer, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology) and was a proponent of Libertarian Marxism. His work has influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies.

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