Overview

At a time in which many philosophers have concluded that Husserl's philosophy is exhausted, but when the alternatives to Husserl appear to be exhausted as well, this work aims to presents an innovative approach to Husserlian phenomenology. The author implicitly attacks the most fundamental criticism aimed at Husserl: that his philosophy is intrinsically formalistic, unable in principle to deal with concrete matters of life and how to live it. This study of the problems and themes of a generative phenomenology, normality and abnormality, and the sociohistorical concepts of homeworld and generative phenomenology, opens doors for a philosophy of the social world while casting new light on work done by Husserl himself.

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Author:   Anthony J. Steinbock
Publisher:   Northwestern University Press
Imprint:   Northwestern University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9780810113206

ISBN 10:   0810113201
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   30 December 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Part 1 From consciousness to world Division I - First philosophy - the problem of ego and alter ego; """"progressive"""" procedure and the turn towards immanence; the absolute as facticity and the necessity of genetic analysis; the """"other"""" as the theme of first philosophy; taking the fifth Division II - transcendental philosophy and the problem of world; regressive procedure; the lifeworld problematic; transcendental concepts of the lifeworld. Part 2 Normality, abnormality, and normative territories - towards a generative phenomenology: Division III - a genetic phenomenology of normality and abnormality; concordant and discordance; the normal as the optimal and optimalizing comportment; normalization and terrain; Division IV - generativity as the matter of generative phenomenology; introduction to the problematic of homeworld/alienworld; liminal experience as appropriation - making ourselves at home; liminal experience as appropriation - home economics; liminal experience as transgression; conclusion - generative phenomenology."

Reviews

This is the most important and original piece of Husserl scholarship and of Husserl-inspired phenomenology to have appeared in many years. --Claude Evans, Washington University

This is the most important and original piece of Husserl scholarship and of Husserl-inspired phenomenology to have appeared in many years. --Claude Evans, Washington University

"""This is the most important and original piece of Husserl scholarship and of Husserl-inspired phenomenology to have appeared in many years."" --Claude Evans, Washington University"

Author Information

ANTHONY J. STEINBOCK associate professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and the translator of Edmund Husserl's Analyses Concerning Passive Synthesis.

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