Existentialism Is a Humanism

出版者:Yale University Press

作者:Jean Paul Sartre

页数:128

译者:Carol Macomber

出版时间:2007-7-24

价格:CAD 11.50

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780300115468

图书标签:哲学存在主义ExistentialismSartre法国萨特Philosophy西方哲学

It was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Sartre accepted an invitation to speak on October 29, 1945, at the Club Maintenant in Paris. The unstated objective of his lecture ("Existentialism Is a Humanism") was to expound his philosophy as a form of "existentialism," a term much bandied about at the time. Sartre asserted that existentialism was essentially a doctrine for philosophers, though, ironically, he was about to make it accessible to a general audience. The published text of his lecture quickly became one of the bibles of existentialism and made Sartre an international celebrity.The idea of freedom occupies the center of Sartre's doctrine. Man, born into an empty, godless universe, is nothing to begin with. He creates his essence--his self, his being--through the choices he freely makes ("existence precedes essence"). Were it not for the contingency of his death, he would never end. Choosing to be this or that is to affirm the value of what we choose. In choosing, therefore, we commit not only ourselves but all of mankind.This edition of "Existentialism Is a Humanism" is a translation of the 1996 French edition, which includes Arlette Elkaim-Sartre's introduction and a QandA with Sartre about his lecture. Paired with "Existentialism Is a Humanism" is another seminal Sartre text, his commentary on Camus's "The Stranger." In her foreword, intended for an American audience, acclaimed Sartre biographer Annie Cohen-Solal offers an assessment of both works.

读后感

【这篇短文里萨特的基本主张是存在先于本质，人以自己的行动选择和发明自己。是上帝不存在的逻辑推衍。人的本质是自由，但恰恰因此他必须在选择中对自己和人类负责。之所以是人道主义是因为人或存在的超越性和主观性。很短的小文，论述不甚清楚，其对海德格尔的无神论解释很可...  

要评价一个人，追溯其所处环境及动机是必要的。环境即为限制，而动机说明了一个人曾想要成为一个什么样的人。〔萨特说：“任何一个人类意图都表现为企图超过这些限制，或者扩大这些限制，不然就是否定这些限制，或者使自己适应这些限制。”） 因为有了这样的梳理，任何...  

《存在主义是一种人道主义》 文学（艺术）作品在作为内容和精神能量的供应方的同时输送着慢性致幻剂 —— 虚构性。 如同修饰后的历史对事实真相造成的扭曲效果，所谓的真相也只能是排却世俗物质性后源于对高维生命所赐予灵感的坚信（每一个人都是藏在神性理性中的某种概念的体...  

用户评价

好一个对存在主义的辩护。again, its all about choice, responsibility and invention. 存在主义和历史唯物主义的关系在萨特口中怎么变得这么模糊。还有最后提到的transcendence真的没有误导性么

I'm buying it.

美本教材。萨特有点像康德，也有点像斯多葛。

"If every way to a solution is barred..

现在为止看过最平易近人的哲学原著。有种和蔼可亲的萨特老爷爷给你慢慢讲述人生道理（大雾！）的感觉。