The Psychology of the Imagination (Paperback)

This text was originally published in France, in 1940, under the title of "L'Imaginaire". It was designed as an essay in phenomenology and it constitutes an attempt to introduce Husserl's work into French culture, and from there to the English speaking world. Published three years before "Being and Nothingness", it reveals Sartre's extended examination of such concepts as nothingness and freedom, both derived here from the consciousness's ability to imagine objects not only as they are but as they are not, and to imagine objects not in existence. According to Sartre, an object can be given to us in three ways: by perceiving it, by having an idea of it, and by imagining it (having an image of it). Although we may try to respond to the image in the same way as we would to the object itself, the fact remains that an image, however vivid, presents its object as not being.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1972
First published:	1972
Authors:	Jean-Paul Sartre
Introduction by:	Mary Warnock
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	252
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-11954-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism Promotions
LSN:	0-415-11954-5
Barcode:	9780415119542

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