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Les Temps modernes begins as Sartre’s monthly of committed letters

In October 1945 Les Temps modernes appeared, the monthly Jean-Paul Sartre founded as a review of committed writing, with Simone de Beauvoir and Maurice Merleau-Ponty among the first inner circle. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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In October 1945 Les Temps modernes appeared, the monthly Jean-Paul Sartre founded as a review of committed writing, with Simone de Beauvoir and Maurice Merleau-Ponty among the first inner circle. Présentation of the review set literature as a civic act.

Context

Liberation Paris wanted reviews that were not pre-war NRF business as usual. Aron was near then far. Sharing the masthead is required. Gulag delays are later Facts, not 1945 founding as such.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Why it matters

High confidence on 1945 founding. A review is not a ministry of culture.

Shared responsibility is part of Les Temps modernes begins as Sartre’s monthly of committed letters. Naming Jean-Paul Sartre does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1945-10-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Jean-Paul Sartre

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    He founded and edited the review with Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty and others. Gallimard published the early years.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Jean-Paul SartreStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Éditions Gallimard — portalÉditions Gallimard · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Gallimard at https://www.gallimard.fr/ (opens in a new tab) is the official early publisher of Les Temps modernes.

Established: Les Temps modernes began in 1945 under Sartre’s direction. Not established: that every later article is his autograph. Contribution is recorded as He founded and edited the review with Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty and others. Gallimard published the early years. The dated heading stays Les Temps modernes begins as Sartre’s monthly of committed letters on 1945-10-01, not a later statue, UNESCO listing, or school film. Later competitions, monuments, and adaptations are refused as extra lifetime acts of this person on this date.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. 1945 TM founding is not the 1952 Communists and Peace. Mixed effects of Les Temps modernes begins as Sartre’s monthly of committed letters are separate paths.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorJean-Paul Sartre
  2. contributed toFactLes Temps modernes begins as Sartre’s monthly of committed letters
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). Les Temps modernes begins as Sartre’s monthly of committed letters. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/sartre-temps-modernes-1945

https://factrail.ai/facts/sartre-temps-modernes-1945

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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