Sartre Revisited: 'Les jeux sont faits'

• Authors: Gornicka J.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The protagonists of the drama 'Huis clos' are condemned to sleeplessness and incessant criticism by others. They find this situation painful and surprising. As every one of us, they believe that the ultimate truth about ourselves must be private, subjective and accessible only to our own conscience and memory. When suddenly they are judged by others, they feel mortified, and do not even care if the judgment is harsh or lenient. It must be so, because the world is a meaningful and hospitable place to us only if it is a world of our own dreams, myths and fulfilled desires. If it is not, we feel alienated and rejected. This is why we make such high demands on others. We want them to act as mirrors of our lives and characters. We want to see our reflection in their eyes, but we cannot reconcile ourselves with negative opinions they may hold about us. Thus our existence depends on public acceptance, which is hard to win if all facts concerning our lives are made public. But without public acceptance we as well as cease to exist.

Keywords

EN

ALIENATION; DRAMAS; SARTRE; TRUTHY

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Przegląd Filozoficzny. Nowa Seria
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 4(56)
• Pages: 305-310
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Gornicka J.

• J. Gornicka, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Filozofii, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 3, 00-047 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01232812