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Summary
Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. The fourteen original essays in this volume focus on the phenomenological and existentialist writings of the first major phase of his published career, arguing with scholarly precision for their continuing importance to philosophical debate.Aspects of Sartre's philosophy under discussion in this volume include:Consciousness and self-consciousnessImagination and aesthetic experienceEmotions and other feelingsEmbodimentSelfhood and the OtherFreedom, bad faith, and authenticityLiterary fiction as philosophical writingReading Sartre: on Phenomenology and Existentialism is an indispensable resource for understanding the nature and importance of Sartre's philosophy. It is essential reading for students of phenomenology, existentialism, ethics, or aesthetics, and for anyone interested in the roots of contemporary thought in twentieth century philosophy.
Author Biography
Jonathan Webber is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Cardiff University. He is the author of The Existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre (Routledge, 2009) and translator of Sartre's book The Imaginary (Routledge, 2004).
Table of Contents
| Notes on contributors | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| The ethics of authenticity | p. 1 |
| Imagination in non-representational painting | p. 15 |
| What is it like to be free? | p. 31 |
| The transcendental dimension of Sartre's philosophy | p. 48 |
| A Sartrean critique of introspection | p. 90 |
| Imagination and affective response | p. 100 |
| Being colonized | p. 73 |
| The significance of context in illustrative examples | p. 118 |
| The graceful, the ungraceful and the disgraceful | p. 130 |
| Magic in Sartre's early philosophy | p. 145 |
| Alienation, objectification, and the primacy of virtue | p. 161 |
| Bad faith and the Other | p. 180 |
| Pre-refLective self-consciousness and the autobiographical ego | p. 195 |
| Shame and the exposed self | p. 211 |
| Bibliography of Sartre's works cited | p. 227 |
| Bibliography of other works cited | p. 230 |
| Index | p. 239 |
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