Reading Sartre On Phenomenology and Existentialism [Paperback]

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 Sartres philosophy under discussion in this volume include:

• consciousness and self-consciousness
• imagination and aesthetic experience
• emotions and other feelings
• embodiment
• selfhood and the Other
• freedom, bad faith, and authenticity
• literary fiction as philosophical writing

Reading Sartre: on Phenomenology and Existentialismis an indispensable resource for understanding the nature and importance of Sartres 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.

1. The Ethics of Authenticity Christine Daigle  2. Imagination in Non-Representational Painting Andreas Elpidorou  3. What Is It Like To Be Free? Matthew C. Eshleman  4. The Transcendental Dimension of Sartres Philosophy Sebastian Gardner  5. Being Colonized Azzedine Haddour  6. A Sartrean Critique of Introspection Anthony Hatzimoysis  7. Imagination and Affective Response Robert Hopkins  8. The Significance of Context in Illustrative Examples Andrew Leak  9. The Graceful, the Ungraceful, and the Disgraceful Katherine J. Morris  10. Magic in Sartres Early Philosophy Sarah ls0