Jean Paul Sartre : la agonía del superyó

This essay explores some biographical aspects of the French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and his relationship with both his father and his grandfather. The discussion, however, is not limited to purely biographical account, but is framed within an existentialist perspective, highlighting some fundamental concepts of Sartre’s thought, such as commitment and/or freedom. It primarily emphasizes the importance of this concept for Sartre and analyses the extend to which he had truly “freed” himself from the Superego. In this sense, the text points out that, unaware that the bonds were not of fatherhood but of authority, Sartre believed that the parricide he has raised in his mind had freed him forever, he believed that his father dead during his early childhood have freed him from paternal authority, but –without realizing it– they bound him forever to a diffuse and good-natured order that would shape the rest of his life.

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