Husserl's crisis of the european sciences and transcendental phenomenology : an introduction / Dermot Moran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moran, Dermot.

Series:

Cambridge introductions to key philosophical texts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Husserl, Edmund, 1859-1938. Krisis der europäischen Wissenschaften und die transzendentale Phänomenologie.

Husserl, Edmund.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

History--Philosophy.

History.

Phenomenology.

Physical Description:

xv, 323 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Summary:

"The Crisis of the European Sciences is Husserl's last and most influential book, written in Nazi Germany where he was discriminated against as a Jew. It incisively identifies the urgent moral and existential crises of the age and defends the relevance of philosophy at a time of both scientific progress and political barbarism. It is also a response to Heidegger, offering Husserl's own approach to the problems of human finitude, history and culture. The Crisis introduces Husserl's influential notion of the 'life-world' - the pre-given, familiar environment that includes both 'nature' and 'culture' - and offers the best introduction to his phenomenology as both method and philosophy. Dermot Moran's rich and accessible introduction to the Crisis explains its intellectual and political context, its philosophical motivations and the themes that characterize it. His book will be invaluable for students and scholars of Husserl's work and of phenomenology in general"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Preface; Introduction: Husserl's life and writings; 1. Husserl's Crisis: an unfinished masterpiece; 2. Galileo's revolution and the origins of modern science; 3. The Crisis in psychology; 4. Rethinking tradition: Husserl on history; 5. Husserl's problematical concept of the life-world; 6. Phenomenology as transcendental philosophy; 7. The ongoing influence of Husserl's Crisis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-312) and index.

ISBN:

0521719690

9780521895361

0521895367

9780521719698

OCLC:

793221707

Publisher Number:

99951505384