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The textbook presents and discusses the phenomenological method(s) not only theoretically, but also its current intra- and interdisciplinary applications. Back to the things themselves as they are given in experience this is the motto of phenomenology starting from Edmund Husserl. For this we have to question the self-evident and bracket all presuppositions. How can such a change of attitude be achieved, how does one arrive at an unprejudiced description, how can the general be determined in the concrete, and how can we inquire into the conditions of experience? This will be explained with phenomenological texts as well as illustrated and practiced with current examples.
List of contents
Preface: To the things and back.- Introduction: To the things themselves?.- Methods of phenomenology.- Phenomenology in action.- Index of persons.
About the author
Maren Wehrle, is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research focuses on phenomenology, feminist philosophy, philosophical and cultural anthropology. She has written a monograph and numerous articles (including in Husserl Studies) on Edmund Husserl and the importance of his insights for interdisciplinary research and is co-editor of the Husserl Handbook (J.B. Metzler 2017).
Summary
The textbook presents and discusses the phenomenological method(s) not only theoretically, but also its current intra- and interdisciplinary applications. Back to the things themselves as they are given in experience – this is the motto of phenomenology starting from Edmund Husserl. For this we have to question the self-evident and bracket all presuppositions. How can such a change of attitude be achieved, how does one arrive at an unprejudiced description, how can the general be determined in the concrete, and how can we inquire into the conditions of experience? This will be explained with phenomenological texts as well as illustrated and practiced with current examples.
