The Transcendence of the Ego: An Existentialist Theory of Consciousness book by Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

ISBN 10: 0374970327 / ISBN 13: 9780374970321

Published by Octagon Books, 1972

About this Item

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some light tanning due to age. Year 1972. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> First published in France in 1937, this important essay marked a turning point in Sartre's philosophical development. Before writing it, he had been closely allied with phenomenologists such as Husserl and Heidegger. Here, however, Sartre attacked Husserl's notion of a transcendental ego. The break with Husserl, in turn, facilitated Sartre's transition from phenomenology to the existentialist doctrines of his masterwork, Being and Nothingness, which was completed a few years later while the author was a prisoner of war. (LL).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Transcendence of the Ego: An Existentialist Theory of Consciousness book by Jean-Paul Sartre
• Publisher: Octagon Books
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374970327
• ISBN 13: 9780374970321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy Books

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Synopsis

First published in France in 1937, this important essay marked a turning point in Sartre's philosophical development. Before writing it, he had been closely allied with phenomenologists such as Husserl and Heidegger. Here, however, Sartre attacked Husserl's notion of a transcendental ego. The break with Husserl, in turn, facilitated Sartre's transition from phenomenology to the existentialist doctrines of his masterwork, Being and Nothingness, which was completed a few years later while the author was a prisoner of war.

This student-friendly edition of The Transcendence of the Ego also includes an introduction and notes/annotations by the translators.

From the Back Cover

The Transcendence of the Ego, first published in France in 1937, may be regarded as a turning point in the philosophical development of Jean-Paul Sartre. Before writing this essay, Sartre had become intimately acquainted with phenomenologists such as Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. In this critically significant essay, Sartre attacked Husserl's notion of a transcendental ego. This disagreement with Husserl was profoundly important for Sartre, and it facilitated his transition from phenomenology to the doctrine of Being and Nothingness.