The phenomenology of everyday life : empirical investigations of human experience

The Phenomenology of Everyday Life presents results from a rigorous qualitative approach to the psychological study of everyday human activities and experiences. This book does not replace scientific observation with humanistic analysis, but provides an additional perspective on significant human questions. The qualitative approach this book employs is grounded in the philosophical traditions of existentialism and phenomenology, which use dialogue as their major method of inquiry. These traditions are especially well adapted to encompass and describe human events and activities. In addition, such events can be properly investigated only on the basis of a method sensitive enough to articulate the nuances of human experience and reflection. In this latter regard, it is important to note that insights deriving from literature and the humanities are equally as revealing of the human world as those from experimental psychology, biology or medicine. The Phenomenology Of Everyday Life Presents Results Deriving From A Rigorous Qualitative Approach To The Psychological Study Of Everyday Human Activities And Experiences. This Approach Is Grounded In The Philosophical Traditions Of Existentialism And Phenomenology And Employs Dialogue As Its Major Method Of Inquiry. The Reasons For These Choices Are Not Arbitrary; All Derive From The View That A Proper Study Of Human Events Must Be Framed In Terms Of A Philosophy Explicitly Developed To Encompass Human Activities. In Addition, Such Events Can Properly Be Investigated Only On The Basis Of A Method Sensitive Enough To Articulate The Nuances Of Human Experience And Reflection. The Purpose Of The Present Work Is Not To Replace Scientific Observation With Humanistic Analysis But To Provide An Additional Perspective On Significant Human Questions. The Phenomenology Of Everyday Life Should Be Of Interest To Anyone Concerned With Obtaining A Clear And Comprehensive Description Of Someone Else's Experience. This Includes Students And Professionals Concerned With Clinical Or Social Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, Philosophy, Nursing, And Education. Also Included Are Individuals Involved In Research And Practice In Business, Marketing, Architecture, And Law. Part One. Existential Phenomenology And The Science Of Psychology. The Nature Of Human Experience ; Dialogue As Method: The Phenomenological Interview -- Part Two. Grounding The World Of Everyday Life. The Body As Lived: Themes In The Human Experience Of The Human Body ; Time In Human Life ; The Human Experience Of Other People -- Part Three. Selected Topics From Everyday Life. Feeling Alone ; Making Amends: The Psychology Of Reparation ; Love And Loving ; Falling Apart ; The Meanings Of Death In The Context Of Life -- Part Four. The Phenomenology Of Everyday Life. Toward An Empirical Existential-phenomenological Psychology. Howard R. Pollio, Tracy B. Henley, Craig J. Thompson With James Barrell ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 4 Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 PART I - EXISTENTIAL PHENOMENOLOGY AND THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY......Page 14 1 - The Nature of Human Experience......Page 16 2 - Dialogue as Method: The Phenomenological Interview......Page 41 PART II - GROUNDING THE WORLD OF EVERYDAY LIFE......Page 70 3 - The Body as Lived: Themes in the Human Experience of the Human Body......Page 74 4 - Time in Human Life......Page 106 5 - The Human Experience of Other People......Page 137 PART III - SELECTED TOPICS FROM EVERYDAY LIFE......Page 168 6 - Feeling Alone......Page 170 7 - Making Amends: The Psychology of Reparation......Page 204 8 - Love and Loving......Page 240 9 - Falling Apart......Page 276 10 - The Meanings of Death in the Context of Life......Page 311 PART IV - THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE......Page 348 11 - Toward an Empirical Existential-Phenomenological Psychology......Page 350 References......Page 379 Name Index......Page 404 Subject Index......Page 411 The Phenomenology of Everyday Life presents results from a rigorous qualitative approach to the psychological study of everyday human activities and experiences. This book does not seek to replace scientific observation with humanistic analysis, but provides an additional perspective on significant human questions. The qualitative approach this book employs is grounded in the philosophical traditions of existentialism and phenomenology, which are well adapted to encompass and describe human events and activities In the beginning of his classic monograph, "A Stroll through the Worlds of Animals and Men" (1934/1957), the European naturalist Jakob von Uexkull invited his readers to "blow, in fancy, a soap bubble around each creature to represent its own world, filled with the perceptions it alone knows.