"The Imaginary: A Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination" by Jean-Paul Sartre
Revisions and Historical Introduction by Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre
Routledge | 2004 | ISBN: 0203644107 0203674634 0415287545 0415287553 9780415287555 | 241 pages | PDF | 5 MB
First published in 1940, Sartre's "The Imaginary" is a cornerstone of his philosophy. The book crystallized Sartre's worldview and artistic vision. Here he presented the first extended examination of the concepts of nothingness and freedom, both of which are derived from the ability of consciousness to imagine objects both as they are and as they are not. These ideas would drive Sartre's existentialism and his entire theory of human freedom, laying the foundation for his masterwork "Being and Nothingness" three years later.