Empathy, Embodiment, and the Person: Husserlian Investigations of Social Experience and the Self

Jardine's book explores how self-consciousness and self-understanding differ from the experience and comprehension of others, and how these relations are constitutively interdependent. It develops Husserl's investigations of attention, habit, emotion, freedom, the common world, and action, and brings them into dialogue with twenty-first-century philosophical concerns. The book shows that transcendental phenomenology can be rejuvenated by engaging with a broader philosophical landscape and will appeal to researchers, students, and instructors in the field.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 11 February 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This text delves into the intricate differences between self-consciousness and self-understanding, as well as the extent to which these phenomena are interdependent with the experience and comprehension of others. Jardine argues that Husserl's analyses of selfhood and intersubjectivity are driven by the fundamental question of what is at stake in recognizing an agent's engagement as the situated response of a person, rather than merely as the behavior of an animal or living body. By drawing extensively from the recently unearthed Ideas II drafts and manuscripts, the author reconstructs Husserl's often fragmented investigations into attention, habit, emotion, freedom, the common world, and action. These investigations shed light on the nature of subjectivity and the experience of others.

Furthermore, Empathy, Embodiment, and the Person engages Husserlian phenomenology with contemporary philosophical concerns, ranging from accounts of selfhood and agency in analytic philosophy to the treatment of social experience in critical theory. The book demonstrates that transcendental phenomenology can be revitalized by engaging with a broader philosophical landscape, making it appealing to researchers, students, and instructors in the field.

In conclusion, this text offers a comprehensive exploration of self-consciousness, self-understanding, and their interdependence with the experience and comprehension of others. It provides a fresh perspective on Husserl's ideas by reconstructing his fragmented investigations and engaging with contemporary philosophical concerns. It is a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners interested in phenomenology, philosophy of mind, and the study of social experience.

Weight: 480g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030844653
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022