From collectives to groups

Sartre and Stein on joint action and emotional sharing

Gerhard Thonhauser

pp. 183-194

in: Sebastian Luft, Ruth Hagengruber (eds), Women phenomenologists on social ontology, Berlin, Springer, 2018

Abstract

One of the main elements of Sartre's original contribution to social ontology is his distinction between groups and collectives. Groups and collectives are both gatherings of individuals, but they are very different social entities.

Cited authors

Stein Edith

Sartre Jean-Paul