{"product_id":"the-transcendence-of-the-ego-a-sketch-for-a-phenomenological-description","title":"Jean-Paul Sartre: The Transcendence of the Ego [2011] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I should like to show here that the Ego is neither formally or materially in consciousness: it is outside, in the world.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJean-Paul Sartre \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Transcendence of the Ego\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttacking 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis translation includes a thorough and illuminating introduction by Sarah Richmond, placing Sartre's essay in its philosophical and historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean-Paul Sartre\u003c\/strong\u003e (1905-1980). The foremost French thinker and writer of the early post-war years. His books, which include \u003cem\u003eBeing and Nothingness, Nausea, The Age of Reason \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNo Exit\u003c\/em\u003e have exerted enormous influence in philosophy, literature, politics and drama.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sartre, Jean-Paul \u0026 Brown, Andrew","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49989087330643,"sku":"XV80415610179","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/sartre-jean-paul-brown-andrew-the-transcendence-of-the-ego-a-sketch-for-a-phenomenological-description-xv80415610179-60516726899027.jpg?v=1735019414","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-transcendence-of-the-ego-a-sketch-for-a-phenomenological-description","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}