The Transcendence of the Ego by Jean-Paul Sartre, Andrew Brown - 9781138834750

Taylor & Francis

The Transcendence of the EgoA Sketch for a Phenomenological Description\nAuthor(s): Jean-Paul Sartre, Andrew Brown\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138834750, 978-1138834750\nSynopsis\nI should like to show here that the Ego is neither formally or materially in consciousness: it is outside, in the world. \n\nJean-Paul Sartre \n\nThe 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.\n\nAttacking 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 sel.