The Transcendence of the Ego

About “The Transcendence of the Ego”

The Transcendence of the Ego is a philosophical essay written by Jean-Paul Sartre in 1934 and published in 1936. It marks Sartre’s shift away from Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology and toward his own philosophical approach. The essay is part of Sartre’s early work that explores the relationship between the self and the world. It sets the foundation for his later ideas, which are expanded in Being and Nothingness, published in 1943. The text reflects Sartre’s growing interest in the nature of existence and being. It represents the beginning of his integration of phenomenology with ontology. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)