Background
Flynn, Thomas Robert was born on June 2, 1936 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Thomas J. and Bernice E. (Colliton) Flynn.
( In this important book, Thomas R. Flynn reinterprets an...)
In this important book, Thomas R. Flynn reinterprets and evaluates Sartre's social and political philosophy, arguing that the existential ethics of Sartre's early phase is consistent with the Marxist-inspired views of his later writings. Displaying his mastery of Sartre's entire corpus, Flynn reconstructs Sartre's social ontology with its sensitive balance of the existentialist's respect for moral responsibility and the Marxist's sense of social causation. Flynn focuses on the issue of collective responsibility as a particularly apt test-case for assessing any proposed union of existentialist and Marxist perspectives. The study begins with an examination of the uses of "responsibility" in Being and Nothingness and in several postwar essays. Flynn then concentrates on the Critique of Dialectical Reason, offering a thorough analysis of the remarkable social theory Sartre constructs there. A masterful contribution to Sartre scholarship, Sartre and Marxist Existentialism will be of great interest to social and political philosophers involved in the debate over collective responsibility.
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( In this important book, Thomas R. Flynn reinterprets an...)
In this important book, Thomas R. Flynn reinterprets and evaluates Sartre's social and political philosophy, arguing that the existential ethics of Sartre's early phase is consistent with the Marxist-inspired views of his later writings. Displaying his mastery of Sartre's entire corpus, Flynn reconstructs Sartre's social ontology with its sensitive balance of the existentialist's respect for moral responsibility and the Marxist's sense of social causation. Flynn focuses on the issue of collective responsibility as a particularly apt test-case for assessing any proposed union of existentialist and Marxist perspectives. The study begins with an examination of the uses of "responsibility" in Being and Nothingness and in several postwar essays. Flynn then concentrates on the Critique of Dialectical Reason, offering a thorough analysis of the remarkable social theory Sartre constructs there. A masterful contribution to Sartre scholarship, Sartre and Marxist Existentialism will be of great interest to social and political philosophers involved in the debate over collective responsibility.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226254658/?tag=2022091-20
Flynn, Thomas Robert was born on June 2, 1936 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Thomas J. and Bernice E. (Colliton) Flynn.
Bachelor, Carroll College, 1958. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Carroll College, 2006. Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Gregorian University, 1962.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1970.
Instructor philosophy Carroll College, Helena, Montana, 1962-1966. Assistant professor Catholic University American, Washington, 1971-1975, Emory University, Atlanta, 1978-1981, associate professor, 1981-1985, professor, 1985-1987, Samuel Candler Dobbs professor philosophy, since 1987.
( In this important book, Thomas R. Flynn reinterprets an...)
( In this important book, Thomas R. Flynn reinterprets an...)
Member Sartre Society North America (executive director 1988-1991), American Catholic Philosophy Association (president 1993-1994), American Philosophical Association (board directors 1988-1991), International Association Philosophy and Literature (executive committee 1988-1992), Society Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (executive committee 1985-1987).