The Subject(s) of Phenomenology

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<p>Bringing together established researchers and emerging scholars alike to discuss new readings of Husserl and to reignite the much needed discussion of what phenomenology <i>actually is </i>and <i>can possibly be about</i>, this volume sets out to critically re-evaluate (and challenge) the predominant interpretations of Husserl¿s philosophy, and to adapt phenomenology to the specific philosophical challenges and context of the 21st century.</p> <p>"What is phenomenology?", Maurice Merleau-Ponty asks at the beginning of his <i>Phenomenology of Perception </i>¿ and he continues: "It may seem strange that this question still has to be asked half a century after the first works of Husserl. It is, however, far from being resolved." Even today, more than half a century after Merleau-Ponty¿s <i>magnum opus</i>, the answer is in many ways still up for grasp. While it may seem obvious that the main subject of phenomenological inquiry is, in fact, the <i>subject, </i>it is anything but self evident what this precisely implies: Considering the immense variety of different themes and methodological self-revisions found in Husserl¿s philosophy ¿ from its Brentanian beginnings to its transcendental re-interpretation and, last but not least, to its `crypto-deconstruction¿ in the revisions of his early manuscripts and in his later work ¿, one cannot but acknowledge the fact that `the¿ subject of phenomenology marks an irreducible plurality of possible subjects.</p> <p>Paying tribute to this irreducible plurality the volume sets out to develop interpretative takes on the phenomenological tradition which transcend both its naive celebration and its brute rejection, to re-articulate the positions of other philosophers within the framework of Husserl¿s thought, and to engage in an investigative dialogue between traditionally opposed camps within phenomenology and beyond.</p>

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<p></p><p><b>Iulian Apostolescu </b>is a PhD candidate at the Department of Philosophy, University of Bucharest. His research focuses on transcendental philosophy, phenomenology, continental philosophy, and philosophy of religion. He is editor-in-chief of the online journal <i>Phenomenological Reviews</i> (ISSN: 2297-7627) and General Editor, Epoché Series, Ratio and Revelatio Publishing House. He is the co-editor (with Claudia Serban) of <i>Husserl, Kant and Transcendental Phenomenology</i> (De Gruyter, 2020).</p> His current projects include two edited volumes on the German philosopher Eugen Fink and a special issue on the "Varieties of the Lebenswelt".<p></p><p></p>

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