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Overview of Phenomenology is definitely an superb and comprehensive self-self-help guide to phenomenology. Dermot Moran lucidly examines the contributions of phenomenology's nine seminal thinkers: Brentano, Husserl, Heidegger, Gadamer, Arendt, Levinas, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and Derrida. Coded in a apparent and interesting style, Overview of Phenomenology charts the street in the phenomenological movement within the origins in Husserl for the transformation by Derrida. It describes the idea of Heidegger and Sartre, phenomonology's best-known thinkers, and introduces and assesses the distinctive use of phenomonology with a few from the less popular exponents, for example Levinas, Arendt and Gadamer. Using the book, the large influence of phenomenology in route of twentieth-century philosophy is completely explored. It is really an indispensible introduction for people a new comer to much discussed but little understood way of thinking. Terminology are described throughout and jargon is prevented. Overview of Phenomenology will most likely constitute curiosity to everyone students seeking a dependable overview of an essential movement in European thought.show more
Product details
- Format Paperback 592 pages
- Dimensions 157.48 x 233.68 x 35.56mm 1,088.62g
- Publication date 23 12 , 1999
- Author Taylor Francis Limited
- Imprint ROUTLEDGE
- Publication City/Country London, Uk
- Language British
- Illustrations note black white-colored-colored-colored illustrations
- ISBN10 0415183731
- ISBN13 9780415183734
- Sales rank 78,176
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About Dermot Moran
Dermot Moran teaches Philosophy inside the College College Dublin.show more
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"Moran's writing is actually apparent, as well as the work provides information helpful to readers of countless philosophical backgrounds thinking about familiarizing themselves with phenomenology. "Introduction to Phenomenology remains a comprehensive and worthy reference work."-"Review of Metaphysics "This is a great book which may be cordially suggested not just to someone obtaining a specific passion for phenomenology that is history but to anybody getting a geniune passion for philosophy.
It’s impressively erudite but never dull."-" Philosophical Quarterly. "a lively narrative that avoids the monotony of excessive argumentation and theoretical exposition."-"Choice, September 2000 "For years philosophers are really looking for any apparent, engaging, accurate overview of phenomenology to recommend to students and focus themselves. This can be really it."-Charles Guignon, College of Vermont. "the most accessible, probably most likely probably the most scholarly, and philosophically probably most likely probably the most interesting account within the phenomenological movement yet written."-David Bell, College of Sheffieldshow more
Table of contents
Franz Brentano – descriptive psychology and intentionality Edmund Husserl – the founding father of phenomenology pre-phenomenological beginnings – Husserl's path to the logical investigations Husserl's logical investigations Husserl's discovery within the reduction and transcendental phenomenology Husserl along with the crisis within the European sciences Martin Heidegger – hermeneutical phenomenology Heidegger's later philosophy of language Hendes-Georg Gadamer – phenomenology and philosophical hermeneutics Amor Mundi – Hannah Arendt along with the phenomenology within the public sphere Emmanuel Levinas – the phenomenology within the other Jean-Paul Sartre – the phenomenology of freedom perception, your body-subject along with the flesh all over the world – Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology Jacques Derrida – from phenomenology to deconstruction conclusion – the fate of phenomenology.show more
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