{"product_id":"transcendence-of-the-ego","title":"Transcendence of the Ego","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in France in 1936 as a journal article, \u003cem\u003eThe Transcendence of the Ego\u003c\/em\u003e was one of Jean-Paul Sartre's earliest philosophical publications. When it appeared, Sartre was still largely unknown, working as a school teacher in provincial France and struggling to find a publisher for his most famous fictional work, \u003cem\u003eNausea\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Transcendence of the Ego\u003c\/em\u003e is the outcome of Sartre's intense engagement with the philosophy of Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology. Here, as in many subsequent writings, Sartre embraces Husserl's vision of phenomenology as the proper method for philosophy. But he argues that Husserl's conception of the self as an inner entity, 'behind' conscious experience is mistaken and phenomenologically unfounded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Transcendence of the Ego\u003c\/em\u003e offers a brilliant diagnosis of where Husserl went wrong, and a radical alternative account of the self as a product of consciousness, situated in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis essay introduces many of the themes central to Sartre's major work, \u003cem\u003eBeing and Nothingness\u003c\/em\u003e: the nature of consciousness, the problem of self-knowledge, other minds, anguish. It demonstrates their presence and importance in Sartre's thinking from the very outset of his career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fresh translation makes this classic work available again to students of Sartre, phenomenology, existentialism, and twentieth century philosophy. It includes a thorough and illuminating introduction by Sarah Richmond, placing Sartre's essay in its philosophical and historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54236104393048,"sku":"9780415320689","price":137.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415320689.jpg?v=1768464011","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/transcendence-of-the-ego","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}