• ISBN13: 9781032160832
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Religion and Philosophy
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge Classics
• Publication Date: August 4, 2022
• Pages: 104
• Original Price: INR 295.00
• Language: English
• Edition: 1
• Item Weight: 21 grams

The Transcendence of the Ego 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. Attacking 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. This translation includes a thorough and illuminating introduction by Sarah Richmond, placing Sartre's essay in its philosophical and historical context.