- Understanding Phenomenology
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View larger image - Series: Understanding Movements in Modern Thought
- Author(s): David R. Cerbone
- ISBN: 1844650553
- ISBN-13: 9781844650552
- Publication Date: 30/05/2006
- Pages: 192 (216 x 138mm)
- Format: Paperback
- Published Price: £16.99
- Discount Price: £13.59
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DESCRIPTION:
Understanding Phenomenology provides a concise and accessible guide to one of the most important schools of thought in modern philosophy. The book traces phenomenology's historical development, beginning with its founder, Edmund Husserl and his "pure" or "transcendental" phenomenology, and continuing with the later, "existential" phenomenology of Heidegger, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty. Each chapter provides an expert distillation of each philosopher's refinements to the movement's core ideas and provides readers with a clear picture of how phenomenology moved from primarily a theory of knowledge to a new philosophical method. The final chapter assesses later, critical responses to phenomemology – ranging from Derrida to Dennett – and reflects on the continued significance of phenomenology for philosophy today. Written for those coming to phenomenology for the first time, Understanding Phenomenology guides the reader through the often bewildering array of technical concepts and jargon, and provides clear explanations and helpful examples to encourage and enhance engagement with the primary texts. It is ideally suited for courses in twentieth-century continental philosophy and for the non-specialist looking for an authoritative overview. -
REVIEWS:
"Understanding Phenomenology strikes a masterful balance in tone and content, combining accessibility and sophistication, generality and subtlety, exposition and criticism. It is a superb text – the best introduction to phenomenology available in English." – Taylor Carman, Barnard College, Columbia University
"There is no book in print today that I know of that gives an accessible but responsible overview of the practice of phenomenology from Husserl to Merleau-Ponty. Understanding Phenomenology does this job admirably, and it does more as well … essential reading for undergraduate classes in phenomenology." – Sean Kelly, Princeton University
"I enjoyed reading Cerbone's book and would certainly recommend it to my students as a jargon-free and reliable account of the central figures in phenomenology." – Dermot Moran, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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AUTHOR BIO:
David R. Cerbone is Associate Professor of Philosophy at West Virginia University. -
CONTENTS:
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: opening exercises
1. Husserl and the project of pure phenomenology
2. Heidegger and the existential turn
3. Sartre and subjectivity
4. Merleau-Ponty and the phenomenology of embodiment
5. Problems and prospects: phenomenology and its critics
Questions for discussion and revision
Further reading
References
Index -
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