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This book is the first study of Husserl that connects his phenomenology to the underappreciated work of Neo-Kantians and life-philosophers.
List of contents
Introduction; 1. Southwestern Neo-Kantianism in search of ontology; 2. Life-philosophical accounts of history and psyche: Simmel and Dilthey; 3. Standpoints and attitudes: scientificity between Neo-Kantianism and Husserlian phenomenology; 4. The reception of Husserl's Ideen among the Neo-Kantians; 5. Husserl's critique of Rickert's secretly naturalistic transcendentalism: the Natur und Geist lectures (1919-27); 6. Historia formaliter spectata: Husserl and the life-philosophers; 7. The life-world as the source of nature and culture: towards a transcendental-phenomenological worldview; 8. Ethical and cultural implications in Husserl's phenomenology of the life-world; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Andrea Staiti is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He has published many articles in journals such as Husserl Studies, Continental Philosophy Review, Philosophy and Social Criticism, and Research in Phenomenology. He is the author and co-editor of several books, including New Approaches to Neo-Kantianism (Cambridge, forthcoming) and Geistigkeit, Leben und geschichtliche Welt in der Transzendentalphänomenologie Husserls (2010).
Summary
Looking at writings on the natural and human sciences that are not available in English translation, Staiti shows the powerful impact of key Neo-Kantians and life-philosophers on the development of Husserl's phenomenology. This book will interest scholars and students of Husserl, phenomenology, intellectual history, and the history of twentieth-century philosophy.
