The Transcendence of the Ego: A Sketch for a Phenomenological Description

by Jean-paul Sartre

2021-01-07 15:21:02

?I should like to show here that the Ego is neither formally or materially in consciousness: it is outside, in the world.? Jean-Paul Sartre The Transcendence of the Ego is one of Jean-Paul Sartre''s earliest philosophical publications and essent... Read more

?I should like to show here that the Ego is neither formally or materially in consciousness: it is outside, in the world.?

Jean-Paul Sartre

The Transcendence of the Ego is one of Jean-Paul Sartre''s earliest philosophical publications and essential for understanding the trajectory of his work as a whole. When it first appeared in France in 1937 Sartre was still largely unknown, working as a school teacher in a provincial French town.

Attacking prevailing philosophical theories head on, Sartre offers a brilliant and radical account of the self as a product of consciousness, situated in the world. He introduces many of the themes central to his major work, Being and Nothingness: the nature of consciousness, the problem of self-knowledge, other minds, and anguish.

This translation includes a thorough and illuminating introduction by Sarah Richmond, placing Sartre''s essay in its philosophical and historical context.

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980). The foremost French thinker and writer of the early post-war years. His books, which include Being and Nothingness, Nausea, The Age of Reason and No Exit have exerted enormous influence in philosophy, literature, politics and drama.

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Book Details

File size8 X 5 X 0.25 in
Print pages104
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Publication date May 6, 2012
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780415610179
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the ke...

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