An Anguished Crack in Being

About the Book

This book is an answer to the question with which Sartre concludes being and nothingness: how are we to understand a freedom that wants to be a freedom? One of Sartre’s most fundamental concepts is what he has called the “circuit of selfness,” our attempt to fill ourselves with being. This is how we typically live our lives. Yet a focus on filling ourselves with being is psychologically unhealthy, for it leads to bad faith and conflict. In this book, Dr. Schlee presents an alternative, psychologically healthier approach based not on filling ourselves with being but on embracing the freedom we truly are.

About the Author

Charles Schlee has a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Kansas, an MBA from Rockhurst University, and an M.S. in counseling psychology from Avila University. Dr. Schlee was involved in academic philosophy for nearly a decade, then worked in information systems for over twenty years, and has worked as a professional counselor in recent years. Dr. Schlee’s lifelong interests are languages, writing, and philosophical psychology.