Husserlian Phenomenology and Contemporary Political Realism

Drawing on Husserl's concepts of communalization and intersubjectivity, this book aspires to an orientation in which human beings are understood in the context of their full-blooded, concrete existence - the life-world.

Autorentext

Michael F. Hickman teaches political philosophy at the University of Mary in North Dakota. He is a lawyer and member of the Bar of South Carolina

Klappentext

Drawing on Husserl's concepts of communalization and intersubjectivity, this book aspires to an orientation in which human beings are understood in the context of their full-blooded, concrete existence - the life-world.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Two Guideposts: Innate Political Orientation v. Endemic Disagreement 3. Locating the Political 4. Ideal and Realist Legitimacy 5. The Phenomenological Contribution 6. The Life-World is Political 7. Eidetic and Transcendental Reductions (Transition to Political Subjectivity) 8. Major Themes of Political Subjectivity I: Belonging and Possession 9. Major Themes of Political Subjectivity II: Authority 10. Major Themes of Political Subjectivity III: Political Others and Foreignness 11. Political Intentionality: The Essence of Political Experience 12. The Legitimacy of the Life-World 13. Conclusion