Critique of dialectical reason

by Sartre, Jean-Paul

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During the Algerian War Jean-Paul Sartre reappraised his own philosophical and political thought and wrote it up as a critique of dialectical reason. In this work, Sartre set out the basic categories for the renovated theory of history that he believed was necessary for post-war Marxism.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Critique of dialectical reason. / Jean-Paul Sartre ; translated by Alan Sheridan-Smith ; edited by Jonathan Rée ; foreword by Fredric Jameson.

Summary

During the Algerian War Jean-Paul Sartre reappraised his own philosophical and political thought and wrote it up as a critique of dialectical reason. In this work, Sartre set out the basic categories for the renovated theory of history that he believed was necessary for post-war Marxism.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2004.
  • Edition:[New edition]

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Verso
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2004.

Notes

Translation of: Critique de la raison dialectique. Volume 1, Théorie des ensembles pratiques.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (835 pages, 1 unnumbered page)

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:on1280057043
  • LC Classification:B2430.S33

Table of Contents

Foreword / Frederic Jameson -- Introduction. I. The dogmatic dialectic and the critical dialectic ; II. Critique of critical investigation -- Book I. From individual praxis to the practico-inert. I. Individual praxis as totalisation ; II. Human relations as a mediation between different sectors of materiality ; III. Matter as totalised totality : a first encounter with necessity ; IV. Collectives -- Book II. From groups to history. I. The fused group ; II. The statutory group ; III. The organisation ; IV. The constituted dialectic ; V. The unity of the group as other : the militant ; VI. The institution ; VII. The place of history ; VIII. Class struggle and dialectical reason.

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