Sartre, Alienation, and the Other
Gavin Rae
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks 2011 DOI: 10.1057/9780230348899_4 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Describes Sartre's position that consciousness is always pre-reflectively aware of its ontological nothingness and alienates itself by adopting the fundamental project of "bad faith." Notes the implication that consciousness's alienation may appear to arise solely from its own activity, a point the text sets up for further argument. |
Abstract
We have seen that while Sartre holds that consciousness is always pre-reflectively aware of its ontological nothingness, it alienates itself if it chooses to adopt the fundamental project of bad faith. It may appear, therefore, that the alienation of consciousness only ever emanates from, and is grounded in, consciousness’s own activity.