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- He defined human consciousness as being a nothingness in the sense of no-thingness, and placed it in opposition to being, that is thing-ness. It is in keeping with this definition that Sartre abandons God; his decision is for moral reasons since believing in God places limits on freedom and, ultimately, on a person's responsibility.
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Apr 22, 2004 · This study, which he describes as "a novel that is true," incarnates that mixture of phenomenological description, psychological insight, and social critique that have become the hallmark of Sartrean philosophy.
A fiercely logical methodology (whose name is regrettably awkward), it is based on the relation of conscious acts to meaningful objects. We'll soon see how this is relevant to Sartre's existentialism. In Being and Nothingness, Sartre drew on the philosophy laid out by Husserl but developed it further.
Jun 29, 2022 · Sartrean consciousness, as a nothingness deprived of being, is the ontological foundation of freedom. That is why the French philosopher opposed any kind of determinism, particularly that of Freudian psychoanalysis, but also the one of traditional psychologies, Marxist philosophies, etc.
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Jul 14, 2021 · Sartre (1957/1968) wanted existentialism to be a political expression and a form of liberation from the rigid boundaries of academic philosophy. Kaufmann (1968) wrote, “Oddly, it is widely urged against him [Sartre] that he is in some ways strikingly unacademic, as if academic existentialism were not a contradiction in terms” (p. 40).
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Apr 22, 2020 · Sartre and the International Impact of Existentialism. Cameron Bassiri & Matthew Senie. 498 Accesses. Abstract. It is the task of the present chapter to demonstrate the manner in which Sartre’s existential psychoanalysis was received by American psychology in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Aug 13, 2010 · This article explores the contributions which a shift from Freudian to Sartrean metatheory might make to contemporary psychoanalysis. Beginning with a brief history of Sartre's deeply ambivalent relationship to traditional psychoanalysis, the article moves forward to reinterpret ego psychology and object relations theory from a Sartrean ...
Sartre, Existentialism and Humanism. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2010. Thomas Baldwin. Article. Metrics. Get access. Share. Cite. Rights & Permissions. Extract. Sartre presented ‘Existentialism and Humanism’ to a popular audience in Paris late in 1945.
