The Imaginary (Sartre)

The Imaginary: A Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination
Cover of the first edition
AuthorJean-Paul Sartre
Original titleL'Imaginaire: Psychologie phénoménologique de l'imagination
LanguageFrench
SubjectImagination, Imaginary
Published
  • 1940 (Gallimard, in French)
  • 1948 (Philosophical Library, in English)
Publication placeFrance
Pages234 (Routledge edition)
ISBN0-415-11954-5 (Routledge edition)

The Imaginary: A Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination (French: L'Imaginaire: Psychologie phénoménologique de l'imagination), also published under the title The Psychology of the Imagination, is a 1940 book by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, in which the author propounds his concept of the imagination and discusses what the existence of imagination shows about the nature of human consciousness.