Individualism and Conformism in the United States

Name: Individualism and Conformism in the United States
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ISBN: 9781967751921

Jean-Paul Sartre, Annette Michelson

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French

Miscellaneous
25 July 2026

Philosophy

Series: ERIS gems

In Individualism and Conformism in the United States, Sartre probes the paradox at the heart of American identity: a culture that claims to exalt the self even as it channels that self into mass movements, uniform mores, and ideological frameworks. Drawing on travel, reportage, and philosophical reflection, he examines how the rhetoric of liberty masks the deeper pressures toward standardization, and how citizens are subtly corralled into roles defined by consumption, political ritual, and social expectation. With incisive clarity, Sartre unmasks the tension between the impulse to distinguish oneself and the pull to conform-arguing that American individualism is hardly a pure assertion of freedom, but a social phenomenon intertwined with coercion, identity, and collective imagery.

By: Jean-Paul Sartre
Translated by: Annette Michelson
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 193mm, Width: 109mm,
ISBN: 9781967751921
ISBN 10: 1967751927
Series: ERIS gems
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 25 July 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jean-Paul Sartre was a towering figure in twentieth-century philosophy and literature, co-founder of existentialism and author of Being and Nothingness and Existentialism Is a Humanism. His writing blends rigorous phenomenological inquiry with socio-political critique, always insisting that human freedom comes with responsibility.