Critique of Dialectical Reason

About “Critique of Dialectical Reason”

Critique of Dialectical Reason is a 1960 book by Jean-Paul Sartre that expands on the existentialist Marxism introduced in his 1957 essay Search for a Method. The two works were written as a single manuscript, with Critique of Dialectical Reason intended to come first. It was Sartre's second major philosophical treatise, following Being and Nothingness from 1943. The book has been interpreted in different ways—some see it as a departure from Sartre's early existentialism, while others view it as an extension of his earlier ideas. It was translated into English by Alan Sheridan-Smith. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)