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The conclusory chapter returns to the themes of the introduction, primarily to the reception of Sartre’s philosophy. Now that we have seen how Sartre’s philosophy of subjectivity and selfhood works in detail, where does this leave the criticism of his philosophy? My aim is not to acquit Sartre, but rather to nuance the criticism and to show to what extent Sartre’s though is still relevant and fruitful for the philosophy of subjectivity and selfhood today.
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Although the early works do not contain this theme of searching for a ground for a system, they do share the overarching project of emptying consciousness from its contents, which, as we have seen, even extends to the novel Nausea . Therefore, we do see some semblance of a rigorous methodology.
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It is interesting to note that both Sartre and Harman root their respective accounts of objects in a criticism of Heidegger’s analysis of tools (Harman 2002, IPB 70).
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For a further comparison between Sartre and Harman, see: (Kleinherenbrink and Gusman 2018).
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Gusman, S. (2020). Conclusion. In: Sartre on Subjectivity and Selfhood. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56798-9_5
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