Crisis and Reflection: An Essay on Husserl's Crisis of the European Sciences (Phaenomenologica Book 174)

In his last work, "Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology", Edmund Husserl formulated a radical new approach to phenomenological philosophy. Unlike his previous works, in the "Crisis" Husserl embedded this formulation in an ambitious reflection on the essence and value of the idea of rational thought and culture, a reflection that he considered to be an urgent necessity in light of the political, social, and intellectual crisis of the interwar period. In this book, James Dodd pursues an interpretation of Husserl's text that emphasizes the importance of the problem of the origin of philosophy, as well as advances the thesis that, for Husserl, the "crisis of reason" is not a contingent historical event, but a permanent feature of a life in reason generally. "In his last work, Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology. Edmund Husserl formulated a radical new approach to phenomenological philosophy. Unlike his previous works, in the Crisis Husserl embedded this formulation in an ambitious reflection on the essence and value of the idea of rational thought and culture, a reflection that he considered to be an urgent necessity in light of the political, social, and intellectual crisis of the interwar period in this book. James Dodd pursues an interpretation of Husserl's text that emphasizes the importance of the problem of the origin of philosophy, as well as advances the thesis that, for Husserl, the "crisis of reason" is not contingent historical event, but a permanent feature of a life in reason generally."--BOOK JACKET. In his last work, "The Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology", Edmund Husserl formulated a radical new approach to phenomenological philosophy. Unlike his previous works, in the "Crisis" Husserl embedded this formulation in an ambitious reflection on the essence and value of the idea of rational thought and culture, a reflection that he considered to be an urgent necessity in light of the political, social, and intellectual crisis of the interwar period. In this book, James Dodd pursues an interpretation of Husserl's text that emphasizes the importance of the problem of the origin of philosophy, as well as advances the thesis that, for Husserl, the "crisis of reason" is not a contingent historical event, but a permanent feature of a life in reason generally Introduction Science and Reflection....Pages 1-25 The Concept of Crisis ( Crisis §§1–7)....Pages 27-59 The Manifold Sense of Foundation ( Crisis §15)....Pages 61-78 Galileo and Modern Science ( Crisis §§8—10 )....Pages 79-108 The Origin of Geometry....Pages 109-147 The Problem of the Lifeworld ( Crisis §§8–34)....Pages 149-173 The Phenomenological Reduction ( Crisis §§ 33–55 )....Pages 175-206 Conclusion....Pages 207-224