Sartre’s free transparent consciousness leads him to reject the unconscious and all psychological determinism

Evidence

While still deeply indebted to Freud, Sartre has effected a sharper break with the Freudian tradition than any other contemporary psychologist. This break is in every instance linked with his peculiar concept of a free, translucent consciousness, a position which leads him to reject all notions of an unconscious (with Id, Superego, and Ego) as well as any idea of psychological determinism functioning in terms of a basic libido, will to power, universal Oedipus complex, and the like, all of which Sartre regards as secondary structures. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 79

Categorization

• XREF: This is the systematic groundwork for Beauvoir’s ethics of situated freedom — the rejection of determinism carries directly into her analysis of women’s situation. — connects to: Sartre rejects the Cartesian split of free will from determined passions — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1078; Sartre proposed an existentialist psychoanalysis rejecting Freud’s layered unconscious — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 710; Sartre’s absolute consciousness is bounded by other consciousnesses without being determined — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 260 (+2 more)
• DEFINE: Grounding Sartre’s distinctive anti-Freudian stance in the concept of translucent consciousness.

Broader Connections

• Sartre proposed an existentialist psychoanalysis rejecting Freud’s layered unconscious #expands (0.90) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 710
• Existential psychoanalysis rejects the unconscious and makes psychic acts coextensive with consciousness #corroborates (0.90) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1340
• Sartre rejects the Cartesian split of free will from determined passions #corroborates (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1078
• Sartre reinterpreted Freudian primal scenes as exercises of freedom #expands (0.80) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 690
• Sartre’s absolute consciousness is bounded by other consciousnesses without being determined #qualifies (0.75) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 260