Freedom, alienation and literary creation: considerations on the contemporary man from the perspective of Sartrean existentialism

This paper presents the discussion on three different themes related to contemporaneity, having as common referential the thought of the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The paper initiates with the discussion on the meanings of freedom that are shared in our society; then, it duscusses the contemporary work relations that isolate men in serial productivism; finally, it brings a reflexion on the status of the imaginary and its relation with the world of life, literature and science. The background of these discussions are the social, historical and philosophical aspects of the upcoming and consolidation of Modernity, considered by the perspective of the Sartrean idea of freedom.