Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions

Author	Jean-Paul Sartre
Original title	Esquisse d'une théorie des émotions
Country	France
Language	French
Subject	Emotion
Published	1939
Media type	Print

Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions (French: Esquisse d'une théorie des émotions) is a 1939 book by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. This work contains some of his thoughts about human and emotions. Some of his ideas later appeared in his masterpiece Being and Nothingness.

Summary

Sartre analyses prior ideas, including psychoanalytic theories before presenting his own phenomenological analysis.

Editions

• The Emotions: Outline of a Theory, translated by Bernard Frechtman, The Philosophical Library, 1948.