Postfoundational Phenomenology: Husserlian Reflections on Presence and Embodiment

by James Richard Mensch

This book offers a fresh look at Edmund Husserl's philosophy as a nonfoundational approach to understanding the self as an embodied presence.

Contrary to the conventional view of Husserl as carrying on the Cartesian tradition of seeking a trustworthy foundation for knowledge in the "pure" observations of a disembodied ego, James Mensch introduces us to the Husserl who, anticipating the later investigations of Merleau-Ponty, explored how the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271020474
• ISBN13: 9780271020471
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"