Phenomenology and the Problem of Meaning in Human Life and History

This edited volume highlights the continuing relevance of Husserl's phenomenology, through a selection of work from members of the Organization of Phenomenological Organizations. As their papers amply demonstrate, contemporary phenomenology retains its critical focus, even as the discipline continues to expand and diversify. The book consists of four sections. In the first, authors focus on the contemporary implications of Husserl's critique of natural science and the problem of meaning; in the second, they draw upon phenomenological insights to help us understand present day social and ecological crises. The third includes contributions on the relationships between phenomenology, hermeneutics, literature and art; while in the final section, authors take up the work of prominent post-Husserlian phenomenologists to think through issues of language, interpretation, philosophy, religion and the history of ideas. In sum, the variety of approaches these thinkers take in order to understand issues that currently confront us richly demonstrates the enduring significance of Husserlian phenomenology for 20th- and 21st-century philosophy.

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Content THE DIVERSITY OF PHENOMENOLOGY L'UBICA UCNÍK AND ANITA WILLIAMS SECTION ONE: HUSSERL ON THE PROBLEM OF MEANING HUSSERL AND JACOB KLEIN ON UNITY AND MULTIPLICITY BURT C. HOPKINS THE TRANSCENDENTAL CRITIQUE OF NATURALISM REVISITED, AND THE QUESTION OF A MEANING-CONSTITUTIVE LIFE ROSEMARY R. P. LERNER THE FINAL FULFILMENT: FROM MEANING TO INTUITION IN THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LIFE OF CONSCIOUSNESS MIKHAIL BELOUSOV HUSSERL'S PHENOMENOLOGY OF EXISTENCE AND THE PROBLEM OF MEANING IN HUMAN LIFE GEORGE HEFFERNAN SECTION TWO: PHENOMENOLOGY, THE EVERYDAY AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS ANOTHER PLACE, ANOTHER TIME: PHENOMENOLOGICAL REFLECTION ON UTOPIA CHAN-FAI CHEUNG THE CRISIS OF THE LIFE-WORLD AND THE MEANING OF LIFE WATARU WADA EVERYDAYNESS, MODERNITY AND THE MEANING OF LIFE JUNICHI MURATA SECTION THREE: PHENOMENOLOGY, HERMENEUTICS AND THE ARTS THE HUNTING GAME IN HERMENEUTICS: MEANING, MEMORY AND DESIRE IN INTERPRETATION ANA-MARIA PASCAL FORMS OF VISUAL PERCEPTION AND THE ONTOLOGY OF IMAGE: FORMAL AESTHETICS ON GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION IN PAINTING, WITH AN EXAMPLE OF ZBIGNIEW ROMA?CZUK'S WORKS ALEKSANDRA ?UKASZEWICZ ALCARAZ THE PROBLEM WITH HAPPY ENDINGS: ARE THERE ANY POSITIVE ANSWERS IN A PHILOSOPHY OF FINITE EXISTENCE? INÊS PEREIRA RODRIGUES SECTION FOUR: THE THINKERS FROM THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL TRADITION ON THE MODE OF BEING OF LANGUAGE HORST RUTHROF HOW TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF EXPERIENCE? FROM HUSSERL TO MERLEAU-PONTY CARMEN LÓPEZ SÁENZ THE INNER WORD: AUGUSTINE AND GADAMER ON LANGUAGE, MEANING AND BEING ALEXANDER S. JENSEN A CURSED PHILOSOPHER: HOW MERLEAU-PONTY INTERPRETS BERGSON AND CHRISTIANITY YUICHI SATO THE MOVEMENT OF HUMAN EXISTENCE AND ASUBJECTIVE PHENOMENOLOGY L'UBICA UCNÍK PATOCKA AND THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL EPOCH? ANITA WILLIAMS BIOGRAPHIES INDEX