Husserl's Account of Our Consciousness of Time (Marquette Studies in Philosophy)

Having asked, What, then, is time? Augustine admitted, I know well enough what it is, provided that nobody asks me; but if I am asked what it is and try to explain, I am baffled. We all have a sense of time, but the description and explanation of it remain remarkably elusive. Through a series of detailed descriptions, Husserl attempted to clarify this sense of time. This book traces the development of his account of our temporal self-awareness, starting with his early 1905-1909 lectures on time consciousness and proceeding through the 1917-18 Bernau Manuscripts, the Analyses of Passive Syntheses of the 1920s and ending with the C, B and E manuscripts on time and instincts of the 1930s. Although it covers all the stages of Husserls account of temporality, the book is nonetheless systematic in its approach. It is organized about a number of basic topics in the theory of time and presents and critically appraises Husserls positions on the issues pertaining to each. Front cover Husserl’s Account of Our Consciousness of Time (half title) Husserl’s Account of Our Consciousness of Time by James R. Mensch (title page) ©2010 Marquette University Press (copyright page) Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Predecessors Chapter 2 Husserl’s Account of the Temporal Modes Chapter 3 The Temporality of the Perception and the Perceived Chapter 4 The Relation of Consciousness to the Ego Chapter 5 The Extension of the Temporal Field Chapter 6 The Tendency towards the Future Chapter 7 Embodied Temporality Bibliography Index of Names Index of Subjects Back cover Predecessors -- Husserl's Account Of The Temporal Modes -- The Temporality Of The Perception & The Perceived -- The Relation Of Consciousness To The Ego -- The Extension Of The Temporal Field -- The Tendency Towards The Future -- Embodied Temporality. James R. Mensch. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.