Apostles of Sartre: Existentialism in America, 1945-1963

This philosophical history explores the social and cultural factors that shaped American philosophers’ reactions to Sartre’s existentialism, from early hostility through what William James described as “the classic stages of a theory’s career.” Using unpublished letters, conference speeches, and college course lists, Fulton traces the rise of existentialism and the importance of Sartre’s philosophical and literary works to the generation of the 1960s.