"The Imaginary: A Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination" by Jean-Paul Sartre

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.

This translation by Jonathan Webber rectifies flaws in the terminology of the first translation and recaptures the essence of Sartre's phenomenology.

Contents
Historical Introduction by Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre
Philosophical Introduction by Jonathan Webber
Notes on the Translation
PART I The Certain
The Intentional Structure of the Image
1 Description
I. The Method
II. First Characteristic: The Image is a Consciousness
III. Second Characteristic: The Phenomenon of Quasi-Observation
IV. Third Characteristic: The Imaging Consciousness Posits its Object as a Nothingness
V. Fourth Characteristic: Spontaneity
VI. Conclusion
2 The Image Family
I. Image, Portrait, Caricature
II. Sign and Portrait
III. From Sign to Image: Consciousness of Imitations
IV. From Sign to Image: Schematic Drawings
V. Faces in the Fire, Spots on Walls, Rocks in Human Form
VI. Hypnagogic Images, Scenes and Persons Seen in Coffee Grounds, in a Crystal Ball
VII. From Portrait to Mental Image
VIII. Mental Image
PART II The Probable
The Nature of the Analogon in the Mental Image
I. Knowledge
II. Affectivity
III. Movements
IV. The Role of the Word in the Mental Image
V. The Mode of Appearance of a Thing in the Mental Image
PART III The Role of the Image in Psychic Life
I. The Symbol
II. Symbolic Schemas and Illustrations of Thought
III. Image and Thought
IV. Image and Perception
PART IVThe Imaginary Life
I. The Irreal Object
II. Conduct in the Face of the Irreal
III. Pathology of the Imagination
IV. The Dream
Conclusion
I. Consciousness and Imagination
II. The Work of Art
Notes
Index

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