Phenomenology of the Political (CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHENOMENOLOGY Volume 38) (Contributions to Phenomenology (38))

This volume is a collection of phenomenological investigations of the political domain. Its aim is to present recent examinations of political matters and to foster a renewal of this sort of inquiry in phenomenology generally. Although it has often gone unrecognized, investigations of this sort have been a part of the phenomenological project since its inception. Two phases can be identified: the first governed primarily by the methods of realistic and constitutive phenomenology, and the second under the guidance of existential and hermeneutical approaches. Standard accounts of the history of phenomenology begin, of course, with the publication of Husserl's Logische Untersuchungen (1900-1901) in which for the first time he publicly developed and applied his distinctively descriptive approach-the so-called method of eidetic analysis with its unique emphasis on the concept of evidence understood as intention fulfillment-to the fields of logical and mathematical systems. But those around him in Gottingen quickly saw the innovative character of this method and began employing it in a wide variety of other areas of research: literature, sociology, ethics, action theory, and even theology, for example. This Volume Is A Collection Of Phenomenological Investigations Of The Political Domain. The Essays Analyze Basic Concepts Such As Action, Community, And The Relation Of The Political To The Ethical, Investigate Fundamental Issues Such As The Nation-state, Leadership, Sovereignty, And Responsibility, And They Examine The Convergence Of These Matters As Exemplified In Racial Discrimination. The Volume Also Includes Discussions Of The Often Neglected Work Of Such Important Contributors To This Field As Alfred Schutz And Paul Ricoeur. The Essays Collected Here Demonstrate That Phenomenology's Distinctive Contribution To Political Philosophy Is Its Commitment To The Ways The Matters At Issue Show Themselves, Rather Than To The Often Obscuring Intellectual And Philosophical Traditions Within Which They Are Typically Discussed.--jacket. Who Is The Political Actor?: An Existential Phenomenological Approach / Steven G. Crowell -- Political Community / John Drummond -- Phenomenology, Ethics, Politics / Adriaan Peperzak -- Elements Of Ricœur's Early Political Thought / Bernard Dauenhauer -- Alfred Schutz On Reducing Social Tensions / Lester Embree -- Personality Of Higher Order: Husserlian Reflections On The Québec Problem / R. Philip Buckley -- Socrates, Christ, And Buddha As Political Leaders / Natalie Depraz -- Towards A Genealogy Of Sovereignty / Kevin Thompson -- Taking Responsibility Seriously / Hwa Yol Jung -- The Invisibility Of Racial Minorities In The Public Realm Of Appearances / Robert Bernasconi -- Identity And Liberation: An Existential Phenomenological Approach / Lewis Gordon. Edited By Kevin Thompson And Lester Embree. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Steven G. Crowell Steven G. Crowell -- John Drummond Steven G. Crowell -- John Drummond -- Adriaan Peperzak Steven G. Crowell -- John Drummond -- Adriaan Peperzak -- Bernard Dauenhauer Steven G. Crowell -- John Drummond -- Adriaan Peperzak -- Bernard Dauenhauer -- Lester Embree Steven G. Crowell -- John Drummond -- Adriaan Peperzak -- Bernard Dauenhauer -- Lester Embree -- R. Philip Buckley Steven G. Crowell -- John Drummond -- Adriaan Peperzak -- Bernard Dauenhauer -- Lester Embree -- R. Philip Buckley -- Natalie Depraz Steven G. Crowell -- John Drummond -- Adriaan Peperzak -- Bernard Dauenhauer -- Lester Embree -- R. Philip Buckley -- Natalie Depraz -- Kevin Thompson Steven G. Crowell -- John Drummond -- Adriaan Peperzak -- Bernard Dauenhauer -- Lester Embree -- R. Philip Buckley -- Natalie Depraz -- Kevin Thompson -- Hwa Yol Jung Steven G. Crowell -- John Drummond -- Adriaan Peperzak -- Bernard Dauenhauer -- Lester Embree -- R. Philip Buckley -- Natalie Depraz -- Kevin Thompson -- Hwa Yol Jung -- Robert Bernasconi Steven G. Crowell-- John Drummond-- Adriaan Peperzak-- Bernard Dauenhauer-- Lester Embree-- R. Philip Buckley-- Natalie Depraz-- Kevin Thompson-- Hwa Yol Jung-- Robert Bernasconi-- Lewis Gordon. Front Matter....Pages i-vi Introduction....Pages 1-5 Notes on Contributors....Pages 7-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Who is the Political Actor? An Existential Phenomenological Approach....Pages 11-28 Political Community....Pages 29-53 Intersubjectivity and Community....Pages 55-64 Front Matter....Pages 65-65 Ricœur’s Early Political Thought....Pages 67-79 Schutz on Reducing Social Tensions....Pages 81-102 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 Personality of Higher Order: Husserlian Reflections on the Québec Problem....Pages 105-120 Socrates, Christ, and Buddha as “Political” Leaders....Pages 121-132 Towards a Genealogy of Modern Sovereignty....Pages 133-146 Taking Responsibility Seriously....Pages 147-165 Front Matter....Pages 167-167 The Invisibility of Racial Minorities in the Public Realm of Appearances....Pages 169-187 Identity and Liberation: An Existential Phenomenological Approach....Pages 189-205 Back Matter....Pages 207-213

This volume is a collection of phenomenological investigations of the political domain. The essays analyze basic concepts such as action, community, and the relation of the political to the ethical, investigate fundamental issues such as the nation-state, leadership, sovereignty, and responsibility, and they examine the convergence of these matters as exemplified in racial discrimination. The volume also includes discussions of the often-neglected work of such important contributors to this field as Alfred Schutz and Paul Ricoeur.

Two dangers seem to plague many attempts to talk about the political philosophically.