Пограничные состояния. Когда бездна смотрит на тебя

"Esli ty dolgo smotrishʹ v bezdnu, to bezdna tozhe smotrit na tebi͡a" - ėti slova prinadlezhat Fridrikhu Nit͡sshe, kotorogo po pravu schitai͡ut odnim iz predshestvennikov ėkzistent͡sialʹnoĭ filosofii. K chislu eë kli͡uchevykh poni͡atiĭ otnositsi͡a "pogranichnoe sostoi͡anie" ("pogranichnai͡a situat͡sii͡a") - sostoi͡anie strakha i trevogi pered fizicheskim "nichto" (nebytiem, smertʹi͡u). Lishʹ v pogranichnoĭ situat͡sii nam otkryvaetsi͡a podlinnoe sushchestvovanie: my stanovimsi͡a sami soboĭ. Zhan-Polʹ Sartr, samyĭ izvestnyĭ predstavitelʹ ėkzistent͡sializma, v svoikh rabotakh issledoval vlii͡anie pogranichnykh sostoi͡aniĭ, strakha pered "nichto" v razlichnykh oblasti͡akh chelovecheskogo sushchestvovanii͡a: v li͡ubovnykh otnoshenii͡akh, v obshchestvennykh ("mirskikh"), v poiskakh svoego "I͡A". Naibolee izvestnye raboty Sartra na ėtu temu predstavleny v dannoĭ knige.

"If you stare into the abyss for a long time, then the abyss is also looking at you" – these words belong to Friedrich Nietzsche, who is rightfully considered one of the forerunners of existential philosophy. One of its key concepts is the "borderline state" ("borderline situation"), a state of fear and anxiety before physical "nothingness" (non–existence, death). It is only in a borderline situation that we discover our true existence: we become ourselves. Jean-Paul Sartre, the most famous representative of existentialism, in his works explored the influence of borderline states, fear of "nothing" in various areas of human existence: in love relationships, in social ("mundane"), in search of self. Sartre's most famous works on this subject are presented in this book.