Sartre, Imagination and Dialectical Reason

Austin Hayden Smidt is a political philosopher, producer, writer, podcaster and performer. His research is most concerned with analyzing social life under the conditions of capitalism in order to envision better arrangements. He is the producer of the cinematic adaptation of the best-selling book Inventing the Future and co-host of the Show Me the Meaning and Owls at Dawn podcasts.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsGlossary of TermsIntroduction: Rediscovering Sartre in a Completely Natural WayIntroduction NotesPart One: The Living Logic of Action in Critique of Dialectical ReasonChapter 1: Dialectical Reason and the Paradoxico-Critical Orientation of Thought Chapter 2: Dialectical Logic and The Pervasion of Seriality: Towards a Fresh Reading of Sartre's Critique of Dialectical ReasonChapter 3: The Field of Possibles: the Practico-inert and the Exigency of Objective ConditionsChapter 4: Pluridimensional Seriality Chapter 5: Freedom and the Logic of the GroupPart Two: Toward an Imaginative Logic of Action Chapter 6: The Logic of Poetic ImaginationChapter 7: A Tale of Two LogicsChapter 8: Creating Society as a Work of ArtChapter 9: Prolegomena to Any Future Critique of Political EconomyConclusionConclusion NotesBibliographyIndex

Smidt’s book is essential to anyone dealing with Critique of Dialectical Reason in a substantial manner and provides an entry point . . .for those interested in a critical and well-articulated overview of Sartre’s positions.