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Jean-Paul Sartre

French philosopher and writer, 1905 to 1980

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The leading voice of existentialism, he backed decolonization and radical left causes and declined the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Jean-Paul Sartre sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly secular on religion, strongly state-led on economy and strongly progressive on culture. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Where Jean-Paul Sartre sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Council communismArgues that workers' councils should run society directly and rejects both vanguard…98%Critical theoryExamines how power, class, race and gender shape institutions and ideas, and aims to…98%Anarcho-syndicalismWorkers organize in revolutionary unions that take over industry and run society without…98%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…97%

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