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Sartre's Conception of Freedom, second edition, revised and expanded, by Sharam Kohan
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August 17, 2026 · The Social Field

The Practico-Inert Is Not a Metaphor

If the later social philosophy were a break with the earlier ontology, the practico-inert is where the break would show. It is the hardest test of continuity available, which is exactly why it is the right one to run.

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August 17, 2026 · The Social Field

Seriality, or Why the Bus Queue Is a Political Concept

Sartre found the precise location of conditioned freedom in the least dramatic place available: a line of people waiting for a bus. The example is not a joke, and the concept it carries does more work than any other in the later philosophy.

Read the note Seriality, or Why the Bus Queue Is a Political Concept
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