Being and Nothingness : A Phenomenological Essay on Ontology

from simondavies

All you could ever want to know about Sartre's thoughts on phenomenology and existentialism. Dictionary and Paracetemol handy extras.

from simondavies

All you could ever want to know about Sartre's thoughts on phenomenology and existentialism. Dictionary and Paracetemol handy extras.

from tkhanson

A long, hard slog. Much of the book is pretty opaque, though I remember the last third or so as having some very interesting insights. I especially liked the penultimate section, "Doing and Having", where he outlines his concept of existential psychoanalysis.

from glitwack

Sixteen good pages in an 800 page bag. Read On Escape by Lévinas first or instead. Still, a cultural classic.

from P_S_Patrick

Here, Sartre follows in the tradition set by Kant, for Professors of Philosophy to set their philosophical systems forth in expansive and difficult works. Being and Nothingness is 800 pages, and provides an existentialist theory of the self, others, freedom, time, ethics, and psychoanalysis. In s...