The Transcendence of the Ego

First published in France in 1937 this important essay marked a turning point in Sartre''s philosophical development. Before writing it he had been closely allied with phenomenologists such as Husserl and Heidegger. Here however Sartre attacked Husserl''s notion of a transcendental ego. The break with Husserl in turn facilitated Sartre''s transition from phenomenology to the existentialist doctrines of his masterwork Being and Nothingness which was completed a few years later while the author was a prisoner of war.. This student-friendly edition of The Transcendence of the Ego also includes an introduction and notes/annotations by the translators.